John 1:31

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

John 3:17

3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, ³  but that the world should be saved through him.

John 6:65

6:65 So Jesus added, ⁴  “Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come.” ⁵ 

John 7:22

7:22 However, because Moses gave you the practice of circumcision ⁶  (not that it came from Moses, but from the forefathers), you circumcise a male child ⁷  on the Sabbath.

John 7:45

Lack of Belief

7:45 Then the officers ⁸  returned ⁹  to the chief priests and Pharisees, ¹⁰  who said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him back with you?” ¹¹ 

John 8:47

8:47 The one who belongs to ¹²  God listens and responds ¹³  to God’s words. You don’t listen and respond, ¹⁴  because you don’t belong to God.” ¹⁵ 

John 10:1

Jesus as the Good Shepherd

10:1 “I tell you the solemn truth, ¹⁶  the one who does not enter the sheepfold ¹⁷  by the door, ¹⁸  but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

John 10:9

10:9 I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, ¹⁹  and find pasture. ²⁰ 

John 10:32

10:32 Jesus said to them, ²¹  “I have shown you many good deeds ²²  from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?”

John 11:42

11:42 I knew that you always listen to me, ²³  but I said this ²⁴  for the sake of the crowd standing around here, that they may believe that you sent me.”

John 12:42

12:42 Nevertheless, even among the rulers ²⁵  many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees ²⁶  they would not confess Jesus to be the Christ, ²⁷  so that they would not be put out of ²⁸  the synagogue. ²⁹ 

John 13:37

13:37 Peter said to him, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you!” ³⁰ 

John 14:6

14:6 Jesus replied, ³¹  “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. ³²  No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 14:11

14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me, but if you do not believe me, ³³  believe because of the miraculous deeds ³⁴  themselves.

John 16:15

16:15 Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit ³⁵  will receive from me what is mine ³⁶  and will tell it to you. ³⁷ 

[1:31]  ¹ tn Or “know.”

[1:31]  ² sn 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.

[3:17]  ³ sn That is, “to judge the world to be guilty and liable to punishment.”

[6:65]  ⁵ tn Grk “And he said”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:65]  ⁶ tn Grk “unless it has been permitted to him by the Father.”

[7:22]  ⁷ tn Grk “gave you circumcision.”

[7:22]  ⁸ tn Grk “a man.” While the text literally reads “circumcise a man” in actual fact the practice of circumcising male infants on the eighth day after birth (see Phil 3:5) is primarily what is in view here.

[7:45]  ⁹ tn Or “servants.” The “chief priests and Pharisees” is a comprehensive term for the groups represented in the ruling council (the Sanhedrin) as in John 7:45; 18:3; Acts 5:22, 26. As “servants” or “officers” of the Sanhedrin, their representatives should be distinguished from the Levites serving as temple police (perhaps John 7:30 and 44; also John 8:20; 10:39; 19:6; Acts 4:3). Even when performing ‘police’ duties such as here, their “officers” are doing so only as part of their general tasks (See K. H. Rengstorf, TDNT 8:540).

[7:45]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “came.”

[7:45]  ¹¹ sn See the note on Pharisees in 1:24.

[7:45]  ¹² tn Grk “Why did you not bring him?” The words “back with you” are implied.

[8:47]  ¹¹ tn Grk “who is of.”

[8:47]  ¹² tn Grk “to God hears” (in the sense of listening to something and responding to it).

[8:47]  ¹³ tn Grk “you do not hear” (in the sense of listening to something and responding to it).

[8:47]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “you are not of God.”

[10:1]  ¹³ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[10:1]  ¹⁴ sn There was more than one type of sheepfold in use in Palestine in Jesus’ day. The one here seems to be a courtyard in front of a house (the Greek word used for the sheepfold here, αὐλή [aulh] frequently refers to a courtyard), surrounded by a stone wall (often topped with briars for protection).

[10:1]  ¹⁵ tn Or “entrance.”

[10:9]  ¹⁵ tn Since the Greek phrase εἰσέρχομαι καὶ ἐξέρχομαι (eisercomai kai exercomai, “come in and go out”) is in some places an idiom for living or conducting oneself in relationship to some community (“to live with, to live among” [cf. Acts 1:21; see also Num 27:17; 2 Chr 1:10]), it may well be that Jesus’ words here look forward to the new covenant community of believers. Another significant NT text is Luke 9:4, where both these verbs occur in the context of the safety and security provided by a given household for the disciples. See also BDAG 294 s.v. εἰσέρχομαι 1.b.β.

[10:9]  ¹⁶ sn That is, pasture land in contrast to cultivated land.

[10:32]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “Jesus answered them.”

[10:32]  ¹⁸ tn Or “good works.”

[11:42]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “that you always hear me.”

[11:42]  ²⁰ tn The word “this” is not in the Greek text. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context.

[12:42]  ²¹ sn The term rulers here denotes members of the Sanhedrin, the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews. Note the same word (“ruler”) is used to describe Nicodemus in 3:1.

[12:42]  ²² sn See the note on Pharisees in 1:24.

[12:42]  ²³ tn The words “Jesus to be the Christ” are not in the Greek text, but are implied (see 9:22). As is often the case in Greek, the direct object is omitted for the verb ὡμολόγουν (Jwmologoun). Some translators supply an ambiguous “it,” or derive the implied direct object from the previous clause “believed in him” so that the rulers would not confess “their faith” or “their belief.” However, when one compares John 9:22, which has many verbal parallels to this verse, it seems clear that the content of the confession would have been “Jesus is the Christ (i.e., Messiah).”

[12:42]  ²⁴ tn Or “be expelled from.”

[12:42]  ²⁵ sn Compare John 9:22. See the note on synagogue in 6:59.

[13:37]  ²³ tn Or “I will die willingly for you.”

[14:6]  ²⁵ tn Grk “Jesus said to him.”

[14:6]  ²⁶ tn Or “I am the way, even the truth and the life.”

[14:11]  ²⁷ tn The phrase “but if you do not believe me” contains an ellipsis; the Greek text reads Grk “but if not.” The ellipsis has been filled out (“but if [you do] not [believe me]…”) for the benefit of the modern English reader.

[14:11]  ²⁸ tn Grk “because of the works.”

[16:15]  ²⁹ tn Grk “I said he”; the referent (the Spirit) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:15]  ³⁰ tn The words “what is mine” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[16:15]  ³¹ tn Or “will announce it to you.”