Yohanes 1:50

1:50 Jesus said to him, ¹  “Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” ² 

Yohanes 4:12

4:12 Surely you’re not greater than our ancestor ³  Jacob, are you? For he gave us this well and drank from it himself, along with his sons and his livestock.” ⁴ 

Yohanes 7:17

7:17 If anyone wants to do God’s will, ⁵  he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority. ⁶ 

Yohanes 11:56

11:56 Thus they were looking for Jesus, ⁷  and saying to one another as they stood in the temple courts, ⁸  “What do you think? That he won’t come to the feast?”

[1:50]  ¹ tn Grk “answered and said to him.” This has been simplified in the translation to “said to him.”

[1:50]  ² sn What are the greater things Jesus had in mind? In the narrative this forms an excellent foreshadowing of the miraculous signs which began at Cana of Galilee.

[4:12]  ³ tn Or “our forefather”; Grk “our father.”

[4:12]  ⁴ tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end. In this instance all of v. 12 is one question. It has been broken into two sentences for the sake of English style (instead of “for he” the Greek reads “who”).

[7:17]  ⁵ tn Grk “his will.”

[7:17]  ⁶ tn Grk “or whether I speak from myself.”

[11:56]  ⁷ tn Grk “they were seeking Jesus.”

[11:56]  ⁸ tn Grk “in the temple.”