John 7:6

7:6 So Jesus replied, ¹  “My time ²  has not yet arrived, ³  but you are ready at any opportunity! ⁴ 

John 8:59

8:59 Then they picked up ⁵  stones to throw at him, ⁶  but Jesus hid himself and went out from the temple area. ⁷ 

John 10:5

10:5 They will never follow a stranger, ⁸  but will run away from him, because they do not recognize ⁹  the stranger’s voice.” ¹⁰ 

John 11:6

11:6 So when he heard that Lazarus ¹¹  was sick, he remained in the place where he was for two more days.

John 16:16

16:16 In a little while you ¹²  will see me no longer; again after a little while, you ¹³  will see me.” ¹⁴ 

[7:6]  ¹ tn Grk “Then Jesus said to them.”

[7:6]  ² tn Or “my opportunity.”

[7:6]  ³ tn Or “is not yet here.”

[7:6]  ⁴ tn Grk “your time is always ready.”

[8:59]  ⁵ tn Grk “they took up.”

[8:59]  ⁶ sn Jesus’ Jewish listeners understood his claim to deity, rejected it, and picked up stones to throw at him for what they considered blasphemy.

[8:59]  ⁷ tc Most later witnesses (A Θ^c Ë^1,13 Ï) have at the end of the verse “passing through their midst, he went away in this manner” (διελθὼν διὰ μέσου καὶ παρῆγεν οὕτως, dielqwn dia mesou kai parhgen {outw"), while many others have similar permutations (so א^1,2 C L N Ψ 070 33 579 892 1241 al). The wording is similar to two other texts: Luke 4:30 (διελθὼν διὰ μέσου; in several mss αὐτῶν ἐπορεύετο καί [autwn eporeueto kai] is found between this phrase and παρῆγεν, strengthening the parallel with Luke 4:30) and John 9:1 (παρῆγεν; cf. παράγων [paragwn] there). The effect is to signal Jesus’ departure as a miraculous cloaking. As such, the additional statement has all the earmarks of scribal amplification. Further, the best and earliest witnesses (Ì^66,75 א* B D W Θ* lat sa) lack these words, rendering the shorter text virtually certain.

[10:5]  ⁹ tn Or “someone whom they do not know.”

[10:5]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “know.”

[10:5]  ¹¹ tn Or “the voice of someone they do not know.”

[11:6]  ¹³ tn Grk “that he”; the referent (Lazarus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:16]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “A little while, and you.”

[16:16]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “and again a little while, and you.”

[16:16]  ¹⁹ sn The phrase after a little while, you will see me is sometimes taken to refer to the coming of the Holy Spirit after Jesus departs, but (as at 14:19) it is much more probable that it refers to the postresurrection appearances of Jesus to the disciples. There is no indication in the context that the disciples will see Jesus only with “spiritual” sight, as would be the case if the coming of the Spirit is in view.