John 4:38

4:38 I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.”

John 10:1

Jesus as the Good Shepherd

10:1 “I tell you the solemn truth, ¹  the one who does not enter the sheepfold ²  by the door, ³  but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

John 13:27

13:27 And after Judas ⁴  took the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. ⁵  Jesus said to him, ⁶  “What you are about to do, do quickly.”

John 18:33

Pilate Questions Jesus

18:33 So Pilate went back into the governor’s residence, ⁷  summoned Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” ⁸ 

John 19:9

19:9 and he went back into the governor’s residence ⁹  and said to Jesus, “Where do you come from?” But Jesus gave him no answer.

John 20:6

20:6 Then Simon Peter, who had been following him, arrived and went right into the tomb. He saw ¹⁰  the strips of linen cloth lying there,

John 20:8

20:8 Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, came in, and he saw and believed. ¹¹ 

[10:1]  ¹ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[10:1]  ² sn There was more than one type of sheepfold in use in Palestine in Jesus’ day. The one here seems to be a courtyard in front of a house (the Greek word used for the sheepfold here, αὐλή [aulh] frequently refers to a courtyard), surrounded by a stone wall (often topped with briars for protection).

[10:1]  ³ tn Or “entrance.”

[13:27]  ¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Judas) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:27]  ² tn Grk “into that one”; the pronoun “he” is more natural English style here.

[13:27]  ³ tn Grk “Then Jesus said to him.”

[18:33]  ¹ tn Grk “into the praetorium.”

[18:33]  ² sn It is difficult to discern Pilate’s attitude when he asked, “Are you the king of the Jews?” Some have believed the remark to be sarcastic or incredulous as Pilate looked at this lowly and humble prisoner: “So you’re the king of the Jews, are you?” Others have thought the Roman governor to have been impressed by Jesus’ regal disposition and dignity, and to have sincerely asked, “Are you really the king of the Jews?” Since it will later become apparent (v. 38) that Pilate considered Jesus innocent (and therefore probably also harmless) an attitude of incredulity is perhaps most likely, but this is far from certain in the absence of clear contextual clues.

[19:9]  ¹ tn Grk “into the praetorium.”

[20:6]  ¹ tn Grk “And he saw.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.

[20:8]  ¹ sn What was it that the beloved disciple believed (since v. 7 describes what he saw)? Sometimes it is suggested that what he believed was Mary Magdalene’s report that the body had been stolen. But this could hardly be the case; the way the entire scene is narrated such a trivial conclusion would amount to an anticlimax. It is true that the use of the plural “they” in the following verse applied to both Peter and the beloved disciple, and this appears to be a difficulty if one understands that the beloved disciple believed at this point in Jesus’ resurrection. But it is not an insuperable difficulty, since all it affirms is that at this time neither Peter nor the beloved disciple had understood the scripture concerning the resurrection. Thus it appears the author intends his reader to understand that when the beloved disciple entered the tomb after Peter and saw the state of the graveclothes, he believed in the resurrection, i.e., that Jesus had risen from the dead.