John 3:4

3:4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter his mother’s womb and be born a second time, can he?” ¹ 

John 16:32

16:32 Look, a time ²  is coming – and has come – when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, ³  and I will be left alone. ⁴  Yet ⁵  I am not alone, because my Father ⁶  is with me.

[3:4]  ¹ tn The grammatical structure of the question in Greek presupposes a negative reply.

[16:32]  ² tn Grk “an hour.”

[16:32]  ³ 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]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Grk “And” (but with some contrastive force).

[16:32]  ⁶ tn Grk “the Father.”