John 4:43

Onward to Galilee

4:43 After the two days he departed from there to Galilee.

John 11:53

11:53 So from that day they planned together to kill him.

John 4:40

4:40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they began asking ¹  him to stay with them. ²  He stayed there two days,

John 11:6

11:6 So when he heard that Lazarus ³  was sick, he remained in the place where he was for two more days.

John 11:17

Speaking with Martha and Mary

11:17 When ⁴  Jesus arrived, ⁵  he found that Lazarus ⁶  had been in the tomb four days already. ⁷ 

John 2:12

Cleansing the Temple

2:12 After this he went down to Capernaum ⁸  with his mother and brothers ⁹  and his disciples, and they stayed there a few days.

John 11:9

11:9 Jesus replied, ¹⁰  “Are there not twelve hours in a day? If anyone walks around in the daytime, he does not stumble, ¹¹  because he sees the light of this world. ¹² 

John 20:26

20:26 Eight days later the disciples were again together in the house, ¹³  and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, ¹⁴  Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”

[4:40]  ¹ tn Following the arrival of the Samaritans, the imperfect verb has been translated as ingressive.

[4:40]  ² tn Because of the length of the Greek sentence and the sequencing with the following verse, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.

[11:6]  ¹ tn Grk “that he”; the referent (Lazarus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:17]  ¹ tn Grk “Then when.”

[11:17]  ² tn Grk “came.”

[11:17]  ³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Lazarus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:17]  ⁴ tn Grk “he had already had four days in the tomb” (an idiom).

[2:12]  ¹ sn Verse 12 is merely a transitional note in the narrative (although Capernaum does not lie on the direct route to Jerusalem from Cana). Nothing is mentioned in John’s Gospel at this point about anything Jesus said or did there (although later his teaching is mentioned, see 6:59). From the synoptics it is clear that Capernaum was a center of Jesus’ Galilean ministry and might even be called “his own town” (Matt 9:1). The royal official whose son Jesus healed (John 4:46-54) was from Capernaum. He may have heard Jesus speak there, or picked up the story about the miracle at Cana from one of Jesus’ disciples.

[2:12]  ² sn With respect to Jesus’ brothers, the so-called Helvidian view is to be preferred (named after Helvidius, a 4th-century theologian). This view holds that the most natural way to understand the phrase is as a reference to children of Joseph and Mary after the birth of Jesus. Other views are that of Epiphanius (they were children of Joseph by a former marriage) or Jerome (they were cousins). The tradition of Mary’s perpetual virginity appeared in the 2nd century and is difficult to explain (as J. H. Bernard, St. John [ICC], 1:85, points out) if some of her other children were prominent members of the early church (e.g., James of Jerusalem). But this is outweighed by the natural sense of the words.

[11:9]  ¹ tn Grk “Jesus answered.”

[11:9]  ² tn Or “he does not trip.”

[11:9]  ³ sn What is the light of this world? On one level, of course, it refers to the sun, but the reader of John’s Gospel would recall 8:12 and understand Jesus’ symbolic reference to himself as the light of the world. There is only a limited time left (Are there not twelve hours in a day?) until the Light will be withdrawn (until Jesus returns to the Father) and the one who walks around in the dark will trip and fall (compare the departure of Judas by night in 13:30).

[20:26]  ¹ tn Grk “were inside”; the word “together” is implied.

[20:26]  ² tn Grk “the doors were shut”; “locked” conveys a more appropriate idea for the modern English reader.