John 16:6

16:6 Instead your hearts are filled with sadness ¹  because I have said these things to you.

John 19:36

19:36 For these things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled, “Not a bone of his will be broken.” ² 

John 15:11

15:11 I have told you these things ³  so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete.

John 15:25

15:25 Now this happened ⁴  to fulfill the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without reason.’ ⁵ 

John 18:9

18:9 He said this ⁶  to fulfill the word he had spoken, ⁷  “I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me.” ⁸ 

John 18:32

18:32 (This happened ⁹  to fulfill the word Jesus had spoken when he indicated ¹⁰  what kind of death he was going to die. ¹¹ )

John 7:8

7:8 You go up ¹²  to the feast yourselves. I am not going up to this feast ¹³  because my time ¹⁴  has not yet fully arrived.” ¹⁵ 

John 12:38

12:38 so that the word ¹⁶  of Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled. He said, ¹⁷  “Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord ¹⁸  been revealed?” ¹⁹ 

John 16:24

16:24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive it, ²⁰  so that your joy may be complete.

John 17:13

17:13 But now I am coming to you, and I am saying these things in the world, so they may experience ²¹  my joy completed ²²  in themselves.

John 3:29

3:29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly ²³  when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete. ²⁴ 

John 12:3

12:3 Then Mary took three quarters of a pound ²⁵  of expensive aromatic oil from pure nard ²⁶  and anointed the feet of Jesus. She ²⁷  then wiped his feet dry with her hair. (Now the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfumed oil.) ²⁸ 

John 13:18

The Announcement of Jesus’ Betrayal

13:18 “What I am saying does not refer to all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture, ²⁹  ‘The one who eats my bread ³⁰  has turned against me.’ ³¹ 

John 17:12

17:12 When I was with them I kept them safe ³²  and watched over them ³³  in your name ³⁴  that you have given me. Not one ³⁵  of them was lost except the one destined for destruction, ³⁶  so that the scripture could be fulfilled. ³⁷ 

John 19:24

19:24 So the soldiers said to one another, “Let’s not tear it, but throw dice ³⁸  to see who will get it.” ³⁹  This took place ⁴⁰  to fulfill the scripture that says, “They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they threw dice.” ⁴¹  So the soldiers did these things.

[16:6]  ¹ tn Or “distress” or “grief.”

[19:36]  ² sn A quotation from Exod 12:46, Num 9:12, and Ps 34:20. A number of different OT passages lie behind this quotation: Exod 12:10 LXX, Exod 12:46, Num 9:12, or Ps 34:20. Of these, the first is the closest in form to the quotation here. The first three are all more likely candidates than the last, since the first three all deal with descriptions of the Passover lamb.

[15:11]  ³ tn Grk “These things I have spoken to you.”

[15:25]  ⁴ tn The words “this happened” are not in the Greek text but are supplied to complete an ellipsis.

[15:25]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Ps 35:19 and Ps 69:4. As a technical term law (νόμος, nomos) is usually restricted to the Pentateuch (the first five books of the OT), but here it must have a broader reference, since the quotation is from Ps 35:19 or Ps 69:4. The latter is the more likely source for the quoted words, since it is cited elsewhere in John’s Gospel (2:17 and 19:29, in both instances in contexts associated with Jesus’ suffering and death).

[18:9]  ⁵ tn The words “He said this” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. There is an ellipsis in the Greek text that must be supplied for the modern English reader at this point.

[18:9]  ⁶ sn This expression is similar to John 6:39 and John 17:12.

[18:9]  ⁷ tn Grk “Of the ones whom you gave me, I did not lose one of them.” The order of the clauses has been rearranged to reflect contemporary English style.

[18:32]  ⁶ tn The words “This happened” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[18:32]  ⁷ tn Or “making clear.”

[18:32]  ⁸ sn A reference to John 12:32.

[7:8]  ⁷ sn One always speaks of “going up” to Jerusalem in Jewish idiom, even though in western thought it is more common to speak of south as “down” (Jerusalem lies south of Galilee). The reason for the idiom is that Jerusalem was identified with Mount Zion in the OT, so that altitude was the issue.

[7:8]  ⁸ tc Most mss (Ì^66,75 B L T W Θ Ψ 070 0105 0250 Ë^1,13 Ï sa), including most of the better witnesses, have “not yet” (οὔπω, oupw) here. Those with the reading οὐκ are not as impressive (א D K 1241 al lat), but οὐκ is the more difficult reading here, especially because it stands in tension with v. 10. On the one hand, it is possible that οὐκ arose because of homoioarcton: A copyist who saw oupw wrote ouk. However, it is more likely that οὔπω was introduced early on to harmonize with what is said two verses later. As for Jesus’ refusal to go up to the feast in v. 8, the statement does not preclude action of a different kind at a later point. Jesus may simply have been refusing to accompany his brothers with the rest of the group of pilgrims, preferring to travel separately and “in secret” (v. 10) with his disciples.

[7:8]  ⁹ tn Although the word is καιρός (kairos) here, it parallels John’s use of ὥρα (Jwra) elsewhere as a reference to the time appointed for Jesus by the Father – the time of his return to the Father, characterized by his death, resurrection, and ascension (glorification). In the Johannine literature, synonyms are often interchanged for no apparent reason other than stylistic variation.

[7:8]  ¹⁰ tn Or “my time has not yet come to an end” (a possible hint of Jesus’ death at Jerusalem); Grk “my time is not yet fulfilled.”

[12:38]  ⁸ tn Or “message.”

[12:38]  ⁹ tn Grk “who said.”

[12:38]  ¹⁰ tn “The arm of the Lord” is an idiom for “God’s great power” (as exemplified through Jesus’ miraculous signs). This response of unbelief is interpreted by the author as a fulfillment of the prophetic words of Isaiah (Isa 53:1). The phrase ὁ βραχίων κυρίου (Jo braciwn kuriou) is a figurative reference to God’s activity and power which has been revealed in the sign-miracles which Jesus has performed (compare the previous verse).

[12:38]  ¹¹ sn A quotation from Isa 53:1.

[16:24]  ⁹ tn The word “it” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[17:13]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “they may have.”

[17:13]  ¹¹ tn Or “fulfilled.”

[3:29]  ¹¹ tn Grk “rejoices with joy” (an idiom).

[3:29]  ¹² tn Grk “Therefore this my joy is fulfilled.”

[12:3]  ¹² tn Or “half a liter”; Grk “a pound” (that is, a Roman pound, about 325 grams or 12 ounces).

[12:3]  ¹³ tn Μύρον (muron) was usually made of myrrh (from which the English word is derived) but here it is used in the sense of ointment or perfumed oil (L&N 6.205). The adjective πιστικῆς (pistikh") is difficult with regard to its exact meaning; some have taken it to derive from πίστις (pistis) and relate to the purity of the oil of nard. More probably it is something like a brand name, “pistic nard,” the exact significance of which has not been discovered.

[12:3]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “And she.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[12:3]  ¹⁵ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author. With a note characteristic of someone who was there and remembered, the author adds that the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfumed oil. In the later rabbinic literature, Ecclesiastes Rabbah 7.1.1 states “The fragrance of good oil is diffused from the bedroom to the dining hall, but a good name is diffused from one end of the world to the other.” If such a saying was known in the 1st century, this might be the author’s way of indicating that Mary’s act of devotion would be spoken of throughout the entire world (compare the comment in Mark 14:9).

[13:18]  ¹³ tn Grk “But so that the scripture may be fulfilled.”

[13:18]  ¹⁴ tn Or “The one who shares my food.”

[13:18]  ¹⁵ tn Or “has become my enemy”; Grk “has lifted up his heel against me.” The phrase “to lift up one’s heel against someone” reads literally in the Hebrew of Ps 41 “has made his heel great against me.” There have been numerous interpretations of this phrase, but most likely it is an idiom meaning “has given me a great fall,” “has taken cruel advantage of me,” or “has walked out on me.” Whatever the exact meaning of the idiom, it clearly speaks of betrayal by a close associate. See E. F. F. Bishop, “‘He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me’ – Jn xiii.18 (Ps xli.9),” ExpTim 70 (1958-59): 331-33.

[17:12]  ¹⁴ tn Or “I protected them”; Grk “I kept them.”

[17:12]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “and guarded them.”

[17:12]  ¹⁶ tn Or “by your name.”

[17:12]  ¹⁷ tn Grk And not one.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.

[17:12]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “the son of destruction” (a Semitic idiom for one appointed for destruction; here it is a reference to Judas).

[17:12]  ¹⁹ sn A possible allusion to Ps 41:9 or Prov 24:22 LXX. The exact passage is not specified here, but in John 13:18, Ps 41:9 is explicitly quoted by Jesus with reference to the traitor, suggesting that this is the passage to which Jesus refers here. The previous mention of Ps 41:9 in John 13:18 probably explains why the author felt no need for an explanatory parenthetical note here. It is also possible that the passage referred to here is Prov 24:22 LXX, where in the Greek text the phrase “son of destruction” appears.

[19:24]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “but choose by lot” (probably by using marked pebbles or broken pieces of pottery). A modern equivalent, “throw dice,” was chosen here because of its association with gambling.

[19:24]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “to see whose it will be.”

[19:24]  ¹⁷ tn The words “This took place” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[19:24]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “cast lots.” See the note on “throw dice” earlier in the verse.