John 7:30

7:30 So then they tried to seize Jesus, ¹  but no one laid a hand on him, because his time ²  had not yet come.

John 7:32

7:32 The Pharisees ³  heard the crowd ⁴  murmuring these things about Jesus, ⁵  so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers ⁶  to arrest him. ⁷ 

John 8:20

8:20 (Jesus ⁸  spoke these words near the offering box ⁹  while he was teaching in the temple courts. ¹⁰  No one seized him because his time ¹¹  had not yet come.) ¹² 

John 11:57

11:57 (Now the chief priests and the Pharisees ¹³  had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus ¹⁴  was should report it, so that they could arrest ¹⁵  him.) ¹⁶ 

[7:30]  ¹ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:30]  ² tn Grk “his hour.”

[7:32]  ³ sn See the note on Pharisees in 1:24.

[7:32]  ⁴ tn Or “The common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities like the Pharisees).

[7:32]  ⁵ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:32]  ⁶ tn Or “servants.” The “chief priests and Pharisees” is a comprehensive term for the groups represented in the ruling council (the Sanhedrin) as in John 7:45; 18:3; Acts 5:22, 26. As “servants” or “officers” of the Sanhedrin their representatives should be distinguished from the Levites serving as temple police (perhaps John 7:30 and 44; also John 8:20; 10:39; 19:6; Acts 4:3). Even when performing “police” duties such as here, their “officers” are doing so only as part of their general tasks (see K. H. Rengstorf, TDNT 8:540).

[7:32]  ⁷ tn Grk “to seize him.” In the context of a deliberate attempt by the servants of the chief priests and Pharisees to detain Jesus, the English verb “arrest” conveys the point more effectively.

[8:20]  ⁵ tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:20]  ⁶ tn The term γαζοφυλάκιον (gazofulakion) can be translated “treasury” or “treasure room” in this context. BDAG 186 s.v. 1 notes, “It can be taken in this sense J 8:20 (sing.) in (or at) the treasury.” BDAG 186 s.v. 2 argues that the occurrences of this word in the synoptic gospels also refer to the treasury: “For Mk 12:41, 43; Lk 21:1 the mng. contribution box or receptacle is attractive. Acc. to Mishnah, Shekalim 6, 5 there were in the temple 13 such receptacles in the form of trumpets. But even in these passages the general sense of ‘treasury’ is prob., for the contributions would go [into] the treasury via the receptacles.” Based upon the extra-biblical evidence (see sn following), however, the translation opts to refer to the actual receptacles and not the treasury itself.

[8:20]  ⁷ tn Grk “the temple.”

[8:20]  ⁸ tn Grk “his hour.”

[8:20]  ⁹ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

[11:57]  ⁷ tn The phrase “chief priests and Pharisees” is a comprehensive name for the groups represented in the ruling council (the Sanhedrin) as in John 7:45; 18:3; Acts 5:22, 26.

[11:57]  ⁸ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:57]  ⁹ tn Or “could seize.”

[11:57]  ¹⁰ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.