John 4:36

4:36 The one who reaps receives pay ¹  and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together.

John 8:39

8:39 They answered him, ²  “Abraham is our father!” ³  Jesus replied, ⁴  “If you are ⁵  Abraham’s children, you would be doing ⁶  the deeds of Abraham.

[4:36]  ¹ tn Or “a reward”; see L&N 38.14 and 57.173. This is something of a wordplay.

[8:39]  ² tn Grk “They answered and said to him.”

[8:39]  ³ tn Or “Our father is Abraham.”

[8:39]  ⁴ tn Grk “Jesus said to them.”

[8:39]  ⁵ tc Although most mss (C W Θ Ψ 0250 Ë^1,13 33 Ï) have the imperfect ἦτε (hte, “you were”) here, making this sentence a proper second class condition, the harder reading, ἐστε (este, “you are”), is found in the better witnesses (Ì^66,75 א B D L 070 pc lat).

[8:39]  ⁶ tc Some important mss (Ì⁶⁶ B* [700]) have the present imperative ποιεῖτε (poieite) here: “If you are Abraham’s children, then do,” while many others (א² C K L N Δ Ψ Ë^1,13 33 565 579 892 pm) add the contingent particle ἄν (an) to ἐποιεῖτε (epoieite) making it a more proper second class condition by Attic standards. The simple ἐποιεῖτε without the ἄν is the hardest reading, and is found in some excellent witnesses (Ì⁷⁵ א* B² D W Γ Θ 070 0250 1424 pm).