John 12:27-28

12:27 “Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say? ‘Father, deliver me ¹  from this hour’? ²  No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour. ³  12:28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven, ⁴  “I have glorified it, ⁵  and I will glorify it ⁶  again.”

John 12:2

12:2 So they prepared a dinner for Jesus ⁷  there. Martha ⁸  was serving, and Lazarus was among those present at the table ⁹  with him.

Colossians 1:4

1:4 since ¹⁰  we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.

[12:27]  ¹ tn Or “save me.”

[12:27]  ² tn Or “this occasion.”

[12:27]  ³ tn Or “this occasion.”

[12:28]  ⁴ tn Or “from the sky” (see note on 1:32).

[12:28]  ⁵ tn “It” is not in the Greek text. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[12:28]  ⁶ tn “It” is not in the Greek text. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[12:2]  ⁷ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity and to conform with contemporary English style.

[12:2]  ⁸ tn Grk “And Martha.” The connective καί (kai, “and”) has been omitted in the translation because it would produce a run-on sentence in English.

[12:2]  ⁹ tn Grk “reclining at the table.”

[1:4]  ¹⁰ tn The adverbial participle ἀκούσαντες (akousante") is understood to be temporal and translated with “since.” A causal idea may also be in the apostle’s mind, but the context emphasizes temporal ideas, e.g., “from the day” (v. 6).