John 7:12

7:12 There was ¹  a lot of grumbling ²  about him among the crowds. ³  Some were saying, “He is a good man,” but others, “He deceives the common people.” ⁴ 

John 21:2

21:2 Simon Peter, Thomas ⁵  (called Didymus), ⁶  Nathanael ⁷  (who was from Cana ⁸  in Galilee), the sons ⁹  of Zebedee, ¹⁰  and two other disciples ¹¹  of his were together.

John 21:8

21:8 Meanwhile the other disciples came with the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards. ¹² 

[7:12]  ¹ tn Grk “And there was.”

[7:12]  ² tn Or “complaining.”

[7:12]  ³ tn Or “among the common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities mentioned in the previous verse).

[7:12]  ⁴ tn Or “the crowd.”

[21:2]  ⁵ tn Grk “and Thomas.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements of a series.

[21:2]  ⁶ sn Didymus means “the twin” in Greek.

[21:2]  ⁷ tn Grk “and Nathanael.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements of a series.

[21:2]  ⁸ map For location see Map1 C3; Map2 D2; Map3 C5.

[21:2]  ⁹ tn Grk “and the sons.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements of a series.

[21:2]  ¹⁰ sn The sons of Zebedee were James and John.

[21:2]  ¹¹ sn The two other disciples who are not named may have been Andrew and Philip, who are mentioned together in John 6:7-8 and 12:22.

[21:8]  ⁹ tn Or “about a hundred meters”; Grk “about two hundred cubits.” According to BDAG 812 s.v., a πῆχυς (phcu") was about 18 inches or .462 meters, so two hundred πηχῶν (phcwn) would be about 100 yards (92.4 meters).