John 3:17

3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, ¹  but that the world should be saved through him.

John 9:35

The Man’s Response to Jesus

9:35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, so he found the man ²  and said to him, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” ³ 

John 19:7

19:7 The Jewish leaders ⁴  replied, ⁵  “We have a law, ⁶  and according to our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God!” ⁷ 

[3:17]  ¹ sn That is, “to judge the world to be guilty and liable to punishment.”

[9:35]  ² tn Grk “found him”; the referent (the man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:35]  ³ tc Although most witnesses (A L Θ Ψ 070 0250 Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat) have θεοῦ (qeou, “of God”) instead of ἀνθρώπου (anqrwpou, “of man”) here, the better witnesses (Ì^66,75 א B D W sy^s) have ἀνθρώπου. Not only is the external evidence decidedly on the side of ἀνθρώπου, but it is difficult to see such early and diverse witnesses changing θεοῦ to ἀνθρώπου. The wording “Son of Man” is thus virtually certain.

[19:7]  ³ tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” In NT usage the term ᾿Ιουδαῖοι (Ioudaioi) may refer to the entire Jewish people, the residents of Jerusalem and surrounding territory, 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 Jewish leaders, especially members of the Sanhedrin, and their servants (mentioned specifically as “the chief priests and their servants” in John 19:6).

[19:7]  ⁴ tn Grk “answered him.”

[19:7]  ⁵ sn This law is not the entire Pentateuch, but Lev 24:16.

[19:7]  ⁶ tn Grk “because he made himself out to be the Son of God.”