John 7:11

7:11 So the Jewish leaders ¹  were looking for him at the feast, asking, “Where is he?” ² 

John 8:10

8:10 Jesus stood up straight ³  and said to her, “Woman, ⁴  where are they? Did no one condemn you?”

John 11:34

11:34 He asked, ⁵  “Where have you laid him?” ⁶  They replied, ⁷  “Lord, come and see.”

John 14:5

14:5 Thomas said, ⁸  “Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?”

John 16:5

16:5 But now I am going to the one who sent me, ⁹  and not one of you is asking me, ‘Where are you going?’ ¹⁰ 

[7:11]  ¹ tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” Here the phrase refers to the Jewish authorities or leaders who were Jesus’ primary opponents. See the note on the phrase “the Jewish leaders” in v. 1.

[7:11]  ² tn Grk “Where is that one?”

[8:10]  ³ tn Or “straightened up.”

[8:10]  ⁴ sn Woman was a polite form of address (see BDAG 208-9 s.v. γυνή 1), similar to “Madam” or “Ma’am” used in English in different regions.

[11:34]  ⁵ tn Grk “And he said.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[11:34]  ⁶ tn Or “Where have you placed him?”

[11:34]  ⁷ tn Grk “They said to him.” The indirect object αὐτῷ (autw) has not been translated here for stylistic reasons.

[14:5]  ⁷ tn Grk “said to him.”

[16:5]  ⁹ sn Now the theme of Jesus’ impending departure is resumed (I am going to the one who sent me). It will also be mentioned in 16:10, 17, and 28. Jesus had said to his opponents in 7:33 that he was going to the one who sent him; in 13:33 he had spoken of going where the disciples could not come. At that point Peter had inquired where he was going, but it appears that Peter did not understand Jesus’ reply at that time and did not persist in further questioning. In 14:5 Thomas had asked Jesus where he was going.

[16:5]  ¹⁰ sn Now none of the disciples asks Jesus where he is going, and the reason is given in the following verse: They have been overcome with sadness as a result of the predictions of coming persecution that Jesus has just spoken to them in 15:18-25 and 16:1-4a. Their shock at Jesus’ revelation of coming persecution is so great that none of them thinks to ask him where it is that he is going.