John 9:11

9:11 He replied, ¹  “The man called Jesus made mud, ²  smeared it ³  on my eyes and told me, ⁴  ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and was able to see.” ⁵ 

John 21:2

21:2 Simon Peter, Thomas ⁶  (called Didymus), ⁷  Nathanael ⁸  (who was from Cana ⁹  in Galilee), the sons ¹⁰  of Zebedee, ¹¹  and two other disciples ¹²  of his were together.

[9:11]  ¹ tn Grk “That one answered.”

[9:11]  ² tn Or “clay” (moistened earth of a clay-like consistency).

[9:11]  ³ tn Grk “and smeared.” Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when obvious from the context.

[9:11]  ⁴ tn Grk “said to me.”

[9:11]  ⁵ tn Or “and I gained my sight.”

[21:2]  ⁶ 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]  ⁷ sn Didymus means “the twin” in Greek.

[21:2]  ⁸ 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]  ⁹ map For location see Map1 C3; Map2 D2; Map3 C5.

[21:2]  ¹⁰ 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]  ¹¹ sn The sons of Zebedee were James and John.

[21:2]  ¹² 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.