John 12:8

12:8 For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!” ¹ 

John 7:33

7:33 Then Jesus said, “I will be with you for only a little while longer, ²  and then ³  I am going to the one who sent me.

John 14:16

14:16 Then ⁴  I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate ⁵  to be with you forever –

John 14:30

14:30 I will not speak with you much longer, ⁶  for the ruler of this world is coming. ⁷  He has no power over me, ⁸ 

John 13:33

13:33 Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, ⁹  and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders, ¹⁰  ‘Where I am going you cannot come,’ ¹¹  now I tell you the same. ¹² 

John 14:9

14:9 Jesus replied, ¹³  “Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known ¹⁴  me, Philip? The person who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

John 16:4

16:4 But I have told you these things ¹⁵  so that when their time ¹⁶  comes, you will remember that I told you about them. ¹⁷ 

“I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you. ¹⁸ 

John 20:26

20:26 Eight days later the disciples were again together in the house, ¹⁹  and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, ²⁰  Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”

[12:8]  ¹ tc A few isolated witnesses omit v. 8 (D sy^s), part of v. 8 (Ì⁷⁵), or vv. 7-8 ({0250}). The latter two omissions are surely due to errors of sight, while the former can be attributed to D’s sometimes erratic behavior. The verse is secure in light of the overwhelming evidence on its behalf.

[7:33]  ² tn Grk “Yet a little I am with you.”

[7:33]  ³ tn The word “then” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

[14:16]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then” to reflect the implied sequence in the discourse.

[14:16]  ⁴ tn Or “Helper” or “Counselor”; Grk “Paraclete,” from the Greek word παράκλητος (paraklhto"). Finding an appropriate English translation for παράκλητος is a very difficult task. No single English word has exactly the same range of meaning as the Greek word. “Comforter,” used by some of the older English versions, appears to be as old as Wycliffe. But today it suggests a quilt or a sympathetic mourner at a funeral. “Counselor” is adequate, but too broad, in contexts like “marriage counselor” or “camp counselor.” “Helper” or “Assistant” could also be used, but could suggest a subordinate rank. “Advocate,” the word chosen for this translation, has more forensic overtones than the Greek word does, although in John 16:5-11 a forensic context is certainly present. Because an “advocate” is someone who “advocates” or supports a position or viewpoint and since this is what the Paraclete will do for the preaching of the disciples, it was selected in spite of the drawbacks.

[14:30]  ⁴ tn Grk “I will no longer speak many things with you.”

[14:30]  ⁵ sn The ruler of this world is a reference to Satan.

[14:30]  ⁶ tn Grk “in me he has nothing.”

[13:33]  ⁵ tn Or “You will seek me.”

[13:33]  ⁶ tn Grk “the Jews.” In NT usage the term ᾿Ιουδαῖοι (Ioudaioi) may refer to the entire Jewish people, the residents of Jerusalem and surrounding territory, the authorities in Jerusalem, or merely those who were hostile to Jesus. (For further information see R. G. Bratcher, “‘The Jews’ in the Gospel of John,” BT 26 [1975]: 401-9.) Here the phrase refers to the residents of Jerusalem in general, or to the Jewish religious leaders in particular, who had sent servants to attempt to arrest Jesus on that occasion (John 7:33-35). The last option is the one adopted in the translation above.

[13:33]  ⁷ sn See John 7:33-34.

[13:33]  ⁸ tn The words “the same” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context.

[14:9]  ⁶ tn Grk “Jesus said to him.”

[14:9]  ⁷ tn Or “recognized.”

[16:4]  ⁷ tn The first half of v. 4 resumes the statement of 16:1, ταῦτα λελάληκα ὑμῖν (tauta lelalhka Jumin), in a somewhat more positive fashion, omitting the reference to the disciples being caused to stumble.

[16:4]  ⁸ tn Grk “their hour.”

[16:4]  ⁹ tn The words “about them” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

[16:4]  ¹⁰ sn This verse serves as a transition between the preceding discussion of the persecutions the disciples will face in the world after the departure of Jesus, and the following discussion concerning the departure of Jesus and the coming of the Spirit-Paraclete. Jesus had not told the disciples these things from the beginning because he was with them.

[20:26]  ⁸ tn Grk “were inside”; the word “together” is implied.

[20:26]  ⁹ tn Grk “the doors were shut”; “locked” conveys a more appropriate idea for the modern English reader.