John 9:37

9:37 Jesus told him, “You have seen him; he ¹  is the one speaking with you.” ² 

John 19:28

Jesus’ Death

19:28 After this Jesus, realizing that by this time ³  everything was completed, ⁴  said (in order to fulfill the scripture), ⁵  “I am thirsty!” ⁶ 

John 21:1

Jesus’ Appearance to the Disciples in Galilee

21:1 After this ⁷  Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. ⁸  Now this is how he did so. ⁹ 

[9:37]  ¹ tn Grk “that one.”

[9:37]  ² tn The καί – καί (kai – kai) construction would normally be translated “both – and”: “You have both seen him, and he is the one speaking with you.” In this instance the English semicolon was used instead because it produces a smoother and more emphatic effect in English.

[19:28]  ³ tn Or “that already.”

[19:28]  ⁴ tn Or “finished,” “accomplished”; Grk “fulfilled.”

[19:28]  ⁵ sn A reference to Ps 69:21 or Ps 22:15.

[19:28]  ⁶ sn In order to fulfill (τελειωθῇ [teleiwqh], a wordplay on the previous statement that everything was completed [τετέλεσται, tetelestai]) the scripture, he said, “I am thirsty.” The scripture referred to is probably Ps 69:21, “They also gave me gall for my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.” Also suggested, however, is Ps 22:15, “My tongue cleaves to the roof of my mouth, and you [God] lay me in the dust of death.” Ps 22:1 reads “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?,” a statement Jesus makes from the cross in both Matt 27:46 and Mark 15:34. In light of the connection in the Fourth Gospel between thirst and the living water which Jesus offers, it is highly ironic that here Jesus himself, the source of that living water, expresses his thirst. And since 7:39 associates the living water with the Holy Spirit, Jesus’ statement here in 19:28 amounts to an admission that at this point he has been forsaken by God (cf. Ps 22:1, Matt 27:46, and Mark 15:34).

[21:1]  ⁵ tn The time reference indicated by μετὰ ταῦτα (meta tauta) is indefinite, in comparison with the specific “after eight days” (μεθ᾿ ἡμέρας ὀκτώ, meq’ Jhmera" oktw) between the two postresurrection appearances of Jesus in 20:26.

[21:1]  ⁶ sn The Sea of Tiberias is another name for the Sea of Galilee (see 6:1).

[21:1]  ⁷ tn Grk “how he revealed himself.”