John 4:32

4:32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

John 5:34

5:34 (I do not accept ¹  human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved.)

John 7:34

7:34 You will look for me ²  but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come.”

John 8:46

8:46 Who among you can prove me guilty ³  of any sin? ⁴  If I am telling you ⁵  the truth, why don’t you believe me?

John 8:49

8:49 Jesus answered, “I am not possessed by a demon, ⁶  but I honor my Father – and yet ⁷  you dishonor me.

John 13:13

13:13 You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and do so correctly, ⁸  for that is what I am. ⁹ 

John 13:34

13:34 “I give you a new commandment – to love ¹⁰  one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. ¹¹ 

[5:34]  ¹ tn Or “I do not receive.”

[7:34]  ¹ tn Grk “seek me.”

[8:46]  ¹ tn Or “can convict me.”

[8:46]  ² tn Or “of having sinned”; Grk “of sin.”

[8:46]  ³ tn Or “if I tell you.”

[8:49]  ¹ tn Grk “I do not have a demon.”

[8:49]  ² tn “Yet” is supplied to show the contrastive element present in the context.

[13:13]  ¹ tn Or “rightly.”

[13:13]  ² tn Grk “and I am these things.”

[13:34]  ¹ tn The ἵνα (Jina) clause gives the content of the commandment. This is indicated by a dash in the translation.

[13:34]  ² sn The idea that love is a commandment is interesting. In the OT the ten commandments have a setting in the covenant between God and Israel at Sinai; they were the stipulations that Israel had to observe if the nation were to be God’s chosen people. In speaking of love as the new commandment for those whom Jesus had chosen as his own (John 13:1, 15:16) and as a mark by which they could be distinguished from others (13:35), John shows that he is thinking of this scene in covenant terminology. But note that the disciples are to love “Just as I have loved you” (13:34). The love Jesus has for his followers cannot be duplicated by them in one sense, because it effects their salvation, since he lays down his life for them: It is an act of love that gives life to people. But in another sense, they can follow his example (recall to the end, 13:1; also 1 John 3:16, 4:16 and the interpretation of Jesus’ washing of the disciples’ feet). In this way Jesus’ disciples are to love one another: They are to follow his example of sacrificial service to one another, to death if necessary.