John 2:23

Jesus at the Passover Feast

2:23 Now while Jesus ¹  was in Jerusalem ²  at the feast of the Passover, many people believed in his name because they saw the miraculous signs he was doing. ³ 

John 4:39

The Samaritans Respond

4:39 Now many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the report of the woman who testified, ⁴  “He told me everything I ever did.”

John 6:5

6:5 Then Jesus, when he looked up ⁵  and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?”

John 6:10

6:10 Jesus said, “Have ⁶  the people sit down.” (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) ⁷  So the men ⁸  sat down, about five thousand in number.

John 7:12

7:12 There was ⁹  a lot of grumbling ¹⁰  about him among the crowds. ¹¹  Some were saying, “He is a good man,” but others, “He deceives the common people.” ¹² 

John 8:26

8:26 I have many things to say and to judge ¹³  about you, but the Father ¹⁴  who sent me is truthful, ¹⁵  and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world.” ¹⁶ 

John 12:9

12:9 Now a large crowd of Judeans ¹⁷  learned ¹⁸  that Jesus ¹⁹  was there, and so they came not only because of him ²⁰  but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.

John 12:24

12:24 I tell you the solemn truth, ²¹  unless a kernel of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains by itself alone. ²²  But if it dies, it produces ²³  much grain. ²⁴ 

John 15:5

15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains ²⁵  in me – and I in him – bears ²⁶  much fruit, ²⁷  because apart from me you can accomplish ²⁸  nothing.

John 19:20

19:20 Thus many of the Jewish residents of Jerusalem ²⁹  read this notice, ³⁰  because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was written in Aramaic, ³¹  Latin, and Greek.

John 21:25

21:25 There are many other things that Jesus did. If every one of them were written down, ³²  I suppose the whole world ³³  would not have room for the books that would be written. ³⁴ 

[2:23]  ¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:23]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[2:23]  ³ sn Because they saw the miraculous signs he was doing. The issue here is not whether their faith was genuine or not, but what its object was. These individuals, after seeing the miracles, believed Jesus to be the Messiah. They most likely saw in him a political-eschatological figure of some sort. That does not, however, mean that their concept of “Messiah” was the same as Jesus’ own, or the author’s.

[4:39]  ⁴ tn Grk “when she testified.”

[6:5]  ⁷ tn Grk “when he lifted up his eyes” (an idiom).

[6:10]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “Make.”

[6:10]  ¹¹ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author (suggesting an eyewitness recollection).

[6:10]  ¹² tn Here “men” has been used in the translation because the following number, 5,000, probably included only adult males (see the parallel in Matt 14:21).

[7:12]  ¹³ tn Grk “And there was.”

[7:12]  ¹⁴ tn Or “complaining.”

[7:12]  ¹⁵ tn Or “among the common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities mentioned in the previous verse).

[7:12]  ¹⁶ tn Or “the crowd.”

[8:26]  ¹⁶ tn Or “I have many things to pronounce in judgment about you.” The two Greek infinitives could be understood as a hendiadys, resulting in one phrase.

[8:26]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “the one”; the referent (the Father) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:26]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “true” (in the sense of one who always tells the truth).

[8:26]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “and what things I have heard from him, these things I speak to the world.”

[12:9]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “of the Jews.” In NT usage the term ᾿Ιουδαῖοι (Ioudaioi) may refer to the entire Jewish people, the residents of Jerusalem and surrounding territory (“Judeans”; cf. BDAG 479 s.v. ᾿Ιουδαῖος 2.e), 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 and the surrounding area who by this time had heard about the resurrection of Lazarus and were curious to see him.

[12:9]  ²⁰ tn Grk “knew.”

[12:9]  ²¹ tn Grk “he”; normal English clause structure specifies the referent first and substitutes the pronoun in subsequent references to the same individual, so the referent (Jesus) has been specified here.

[12:9]  ²² tn Grk “Jesus”; normal English clause structure specifies the referent first and substitutes the pronoun in subsequent references to the same individual, so the pronoun (“him”) has been substituted here.

[12:24]  ²² tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[12:24]  ²³ tn Or “it remains only a single kernel.”

[12:24]  ²⁴ tn Or “bears.”

[12:24]  ²⁵ tn Grk “much fruit.”

[15:5]  ²⁵ tn Or “resides.”

[15:5]  ²⁶ tn Or “yields.”

[15:5]  ²⁷ tn Grk “in him, this one bears much fruit.” The pronoun “this one” has been omitted from the translation because it is redundant according to contemporary English style.

[15:5]  ²⁸ tn Or “do.”

[19:20]  ²⁸ tn Grk “the Jews.” Here the phrase refers to the residents of Jerusalem in general. See also the note on the phrase Jewish religious leaders” in v. 7.

[19:20]  ²⁹ tn Or “this inscription.”

[19:20]  ³⁰ tn Grk “in Hebrew.”

[21:25]  ³¹ tn Grk “written”; the word “down” is supplied in keeping with contemporary English idiom.

[21:25]  ³² tn Grk “the world itself.”

[21:25]  ³³ tc Although the majority of mss (C² Θ Ψ Ë¹³ Ï lat) conclude this Gospel with ἀμήν (amhn, “amen”), such a conclusion is routinely added by scribes to NT books because a few of these books originally had such an ending (cf. Rom 16:27; Gal 6:18; Jude 25). A majority of Greek witnesses have the concluding ἀμήν in every NT book except Acts, James, and 3 John (and even in these books, ἀμήν is found in some witnesses). It is thus a predictable variant. Further, excellent and early witnesses, as well as a few others (א A B C*^,3 D W 1 33 pc it), lack the particle, rendering no doubt as to how this Gospel originally ended.