John 14:29

14:29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe. ¹ 

John 4:18

4:18 for you have had five husbands, and the man you are living with ²  now is not your husband. This you said truthfully!”

John 6:65

6:65 So Jesus added, ³  “Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come.” ⁴ 

John 11:13

11:13 (Now Jesus had been talking about ⁵  his death, but they ⁶  thought he had been talking about real sleep.) ⁷ 

John 12:50

12:50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. ⁸  Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me.” ⁹ 

John 15:15

15:15 I no longer call you slaves, ¹⁰  because the slave does not understand ¹¹  what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything ¹²  I heard ¹³  from my Father.

[14:29]  ¹ sn Jesus tells the disciples that he has told them all these things before they happen, so that when they do happen the disciples may believe. This does not mean they had not believed prior to this time; over and over the author has affirmed that they have (cf. 2:11). But when they see these things happen, their level of trust in Jesus will increase and their concept of who he is will expand. The confession of Thomas in 20:28 is representative of this increased understanding of who Jesus is. Cf. John 13:19.

[4:18]  ² tn Grk “the one you have.”

[6:65]  ³ tn Grk “And he said”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:65]  ⁴ tn Grk “unless it has been permitted to him by the Father.”

[11:13]  ⁴ tn Or “speaking about.”

[11:13]  ⁵ tn Grk “these.”

[11:13]  ⁶ tn Grk “the sleep of slumber”; this is a redundant expression to emphasize physical sleep as opposed to death.

[12:50]  ⁵ tn Or “his commandment results in eternal life.”

[12:50]  ⁶ tn Grk “The things I speak, just as the Father has spoken to me, thus I speak.”

[15:15]  ⁶ tn See the note on the word “slaves” in 4:51.

[15:15]  ⁷ tn Or “does not know.”

[15:15]  ⁸ tn Grk “all things.”

[15:15]  ⁹ tn Or “learned.”