Yohanes 3:28

3:28 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ ¹  but rather, ‘I have been sent before him.’

Yohanes 4:20

4:20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, ²  and you people ³  say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.” ⁴ 

Yohanes 7:45

Lack of Belief

7:45 Then the officers ⁵  returned ⁶  to the chief priests and Pharisees, ⁷  who said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him back with you?” ⁸ 

Yohanes 16:20

16:20 I tell you the solemn truth, ⁹  you will weep ¹⁰  and wail, ¹¹  but the world will rejoice; you will be sad, ¹²  but your sadness will turn into ¹³  joy.

[3:28]  ¹ tn Or “the Messiah” (Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “one who has been anointed”).

[3:28]  sn See the note on Christ in 1:20.

[4:20]  ² sn This mountain refers to Mount Gerizim, where the Samaritan shrine was located.

[4:20]  ³ tn The word “people” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied to indicate that the Greek verb translated “say” is second person plural and thus refers to more than Jesus alone.

[4:20]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[7:45]  ⁵ 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).

[7:45]  ⁶ tn Grk “came.”

[7:45]  ⁷ sn See the note on Pharisees in 1:24.

[7:45]  ⁸ tn Grk “Why did you not bring him?” The words “back with you” are implied.

[16:20]  ⁹ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[16:20]  ¹⁰ tn Or “wail,” “cry.”

[16:20]  ¹¹ tn Or “lament.”

[16:20]  ¹² tn Or “sorrowful.”

[16:20]  ¹³ tn Grk “will become.”