John 2:7

2:7 Jesus told the servants, ¹  “Fill the water jars with water.” So they filled them up to the very top.

John 11:19

11:19 so many of the Jewish people of the region ²  had come to Martha and Mary to console them ³  over the loss of their brother.) ⁴ 

John 14:21

14:21 The person who has my commandments and obeys ⁵  them is the one who loves me. ⁶  The one ⁷  who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal ⁸  myself to him.”

[2:7]  ¹ tn Grk “them” (it is clear from the context that the servants are addressed).

[11:19]  ² tn Or “many of the Judeans” (cf. BDAG 479 s.v. ᾿Ιουδαῖος 2.e); Grk “many of the Jews.” Here the phrase refers to the residents of Jerusalem and the surrounding area in general (those who had been friends or relatives of Lazarus or his sisters would mainly be in view) since the Jewish religious authorities (“the chief priests and the Pharisees”) are specifically mentioned as a separate group in John 11:46-47. See also the note on the phrase “the Jewish leaders” in v. 8.

[11:19]  ³ tn Or “to comfort them” or “to offer them sympathy.”

[11:19]  ⁴ tn Grk “to comfort them concerning their brother”; the words “loss of” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[14:21]  ³ tn Or “keeps.”

[14:21]  ⁴ tn Grk “obeys them, that one is the one who loves me.”

[14:21]  ⁵ tn Grk “And the one.” Here the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated to improve the English style.

[14:21]  ⁶ tn Or “will disclose.”