John 1:31

Context
1:31 I did not recognize¹ him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel.”²

John 11:38

Context

Lazarus Raised from the Dead

11:38 Jesus, intensely moved³ again, came to the tomb. (Now it was a cave, and a stone was placed across it.)⁴

[1:31] ¹tn Or “know.”

[1:31] ²sn John the Baptist, who has been so reluctant to elaborate his own role, now more than willingly gives his testimony about Jesus. For the author, the emphasis is totally on John the Baptist as a witness to Jesus. No attention is given to the Baptist’s call to national repentance and very little to his baptizing. Everything is focused on what he has to say about Jesus: so that he could be revealed to Israel.

[11:38] ³tn Or (perhaps) “Jesus was deeply indignant.”

[11:38] ⁴sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.