John 6:52

6:52 Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus ¹  began to argue with one another, ²  “How can this man ³  give us his flesh to eat?”

John 9:2

9:2 His disciples asked him, ⁴  “Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man ⁵  or his parents?” ⁶ 

John 9:19

9:19 They asked the parents, ⁷  “Is this your son, whom you say ⁸  was born blind? Then how does he now see?”

John 12:21

12:21 So these approached Philip, ⁹  who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested, ¹⁰  “Sir, we would like to see Jesus.”

[6:52]  ¹ tn Grk “Then the Jews began to argue.” Here the translation restricts the phrase to those Jews who were hostile to Jesus (cf. BDAG 479 s.v. ᾿Ιουδαῖος 2.e.β), since the “crowd” mentioned in 6:22-24 was almost all Jewish (as suggested by their addressing Jesus as “Rabbi” (6:25). See also the note on the phrase “the Jews who were hostile to Jesus” in v. 41.

[6:52]  ² tn Grk “with one another, saying.”

[6:52]  ³ tn Grk “this one,” “this person.”

[9:2]  ⁴ tn Grk “asked him, saying.”

[9:2]  ⁵ tn Grk “this one.”

[9:2]  ⁶ tn Grk “in order that he should be born blind.”

[9:19]  ⁷ tn Grk “and they asked them, saying”; the referent (the parents) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:19]  ⁸ tn The Greek pronoun and verb are both plural (both parents are addressed).

[12:21]  ¹⁰ sn These Greeks approached Philip, although it is not clear why they did so. Perhaps they identified with his Greek name (although a number of Jews from border areas had Hellenistic names at this period). By see it is clear they meant “speak with,” since anyone could “see” Jesus moving through the crowd. The author does not mention what they wanted to speak with Jesus about.

[12:21]  ¹¹ tn Grk “and were asking him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated here.