Discovery BoxJohn 16:32
Context16:32 Look, a time 1 is coming – and has come – when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, 2 and I will be left alone. 3 Yet 4 I am not alone, because my Father 5 is with me.
John 10:12
Context10:12 The hired hand, 6 who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons 7 the sheep and runs away. 8 So the wolf attacks 9 the sheep and scatters them.
[16:32] 2 tn Grk “each one to his own”; the word “home” is not in the Greek text but is implied. The phrase “each one to his own” may be completed in a number of different ways: “each one to his own property”; “each one to his own family”; or “each one to his own home.” The last option seems to fit most easily into the context and so is used in the translation.
[16:32] 3 sn The proof of Jesus’ negative evaluation of the disciples’ faith is now given: Jesus foretells their abandonment of him at his arrest, trials, and crucifixion (I will be left alone). This parallels the synoptic accounts in Matt 26:31 and Mark 14:27 when Jesus, after the last supper and on the way to Gethsemane, foretold the desertion of the disciples as a fulfillment of Zech 13:7: “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.” Yet although the disciples would abandon Jesus, he reaffirmed that he was not alone, because the Father was still with him.
[16:32] 4 tn Grk “And” (but with some contrastive force).
[16:32] 5 tn Grk “the Father.”
[10:12] 6 sn Jesus contrasts the behavior of the shepherd with that of the hired hand. This is a worker who is simply paid to do a job; he has no other interest in the sheep and is certainly not about to risk his life for them. When they are threatened, he simply runs away.
[10:12] 9 tn Or “seizes.” The more traditional rendering, “snatches,” has the idea of seizing something by force and carrying it off, which is certainly possible here. However, in the sequence in John 10:12, this action precedes the scattering of the flock of sheep, so “attacks” is preferable.
