John 6:51

6:51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread he will live forever. The bread ¹  that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

John 8:44

8:44 You people ²  are from ³  your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. ⁴  He ⁵  was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, ⁶  because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, ⁷  he speaks according to his own nature, ⁸  because he is a liar and the father of lies. ⁹ 

John 12:34

12:34 Then the crowd responded, ¹⁰  “We have heard from the law that the Christ ¹¹  will remain forever. ¹²  How ¹³  can you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”

[6:51]  ¹ tn Grk “And the bread.”

[8:44]  ² tn The word “people” is supplied in the translation to clarify that the Greek pronoun and verb are plural.

[8:44]  ³ tn Many translations read “You are of your father the devil” (KJV, ASV, RSV, NASB) or “You belong to your father, the devil” (NIV), but the Greek preposition ἐκ (ek) emphasizes the idea of source or origin. Jesus said his opponents were the devil’s very offspring (a statement which would certainly infuriate them).

[8:44]  ⁴ tn Grk “the desires of your father you want to do.”

[8:44]  ⁵ tn Grk “That one” (referring to the devil).

[8:44]  ⁶ tn Grk “he does not stand in the truth” (in the sense of maintaining, upholding, or accepting the validity of it).

[8:44]  ⁷ tn Grk “Whenever he speaks the lie.”

[8:44]  ⁸ tn Grk “he speaks from his own.”

[8:44]  ⁹ tn Grk “because he is a liar and the father of it.”

[12:34]  ³ tn Grk “Then the crowd answered him.”

[12:34]  ⁴ tn Or “the Messiah” (Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “one who has been anointed”).

[12:34]  ⁵ tn Probably an allusion to Ps 89:35-37. It is difficult to pinpoint the passage in the Mosaic law to which the crowd refers. The ones most often suggested are Ps 89:36-37, Ps 110:4, Isa 9:7, Ezek 37:25, and Dan 7:14. None of these passages are in the Pentateuch per se, but “law” could in common usage refer to the entire OT (compare Jesus’ use in John 10:34). Of the passages mentioned, Ps 89:36-37 is the most likely candidate. This verse speaks of David’s “seed” remaining forever. Later in the same psalm, v. 51 speaks of the “anointed” (Messiah), and the psalm was interpreted messianically in both the NT (Acts 13:22, Rev 1:5, 3:14) and in the rabbinic literature (Genesis Rabbah 97).

[12:34]  ⁶ tn Grk “And how”; the conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has been left untranslated here for improved English style.