Yohanes 1:7

1:7 He came as a witness ¹  to testify ²  about the light, so that everyone ³  might believe through him.

Yohanes 1:10

1:10 He was in the world, and the world was created ⁴  by him, but ⁵  the world did not recognize ⁶  him.

Yohanes 8:43

8:43 Why don’t you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept ⁷  my teaching. ⁸ 

Yohanes 8:46

8:46 Who among you can prove me guilty ⁹  of any sin? ¹⁰  If I am telling you ¹¹  the truth, why don’t you believe me?

Yohanes 10:17

10:17 This is why the Father loves me ¹²  – because I lay down my life, ¹³  so that I may take it back again.

Yohanes 11:15

11:15 and I am glad ¹⁴  for your sake that I was not there, so that you may believe. ¹⁵  But let us go to him.”

Yohanes 12:18

12:18 Because they had heard that Jesus ¹⁶  had performed this miraculous sign, the crowd went out to meet him.

Yohanes 13:11

13:11 (For Jesus ¹⁷  knew the one who was going to betray him. For this reason he said, “Not every one of you is ¹⁸  clean.”) ¹⁹ 

Yohanes 15:21

15:21 But they will do all these things to you on account of ²⁰  my name, because they do not know the one who sent me. ²¹ 

Yohanes 17:20

Jesus Prays for Believers Everywhere

17:20 “I am not praying ²²  only on their behalf, but also on behalf of those who believe ²³  in me through their testimony, ²⁴ 

Yohanes 19:42

19:42 And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation ²⁵  and the tomb was nearby, ²⁶  they placed Jesus’ body there.

[1:7]  ¹ tn Grk “came for a testimony.”

[1:7]  sn Witness is also one of the major themes of John’s Gospel. The Greek verb μαρτυρέω (marturew) occurs 33 times (compare to once in Matthew, once in Luke, 0 in Mark) and the noun μαρτυρία (marturia) 14 times (0 in Matthew, once in Luke, 3 times in Mark).

[1:7]  ² tn Or “to bear witness.”

[1:7]  ³ tn Grk “all.”

[1:10]  ⁴ tn Or “was made”; Grk “came into existence.”

[1:10]  ⁵ tn Grk “and,” but in context this is an adversative use of καί (kai) and is thus translated “but.”

[1:10]  ⁶ tn Or “know.”

[8:43]  ⁷ tn Grk “you cannot hear,” but this is not a reference to deafness, but rather hearing in the sense of listening to something and responding to it.

[8:43]  ⁸ tn Grk “my word.”

[8:46]  ⁹ tn Or “can convict me.”

[8:46]  ¹⁰ tn Or “of having sinned”; Grk “of sin.”

[8:46]  ¹¹ tn Or “if I tell you.”

[10:17]  ¹² tn Grk “Because of this the Father loves me.”

[10:17]  ¹³ tn Or “die willingly.”

[11:15]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “and I rejoice.”

[11:15]  ¹⁵ sn So that you may believe. Why does Jesus make this statement? It seems necessary to understand the disciples’ belief here in a developmental sense, because there are numerous references to the disciples’ faith previous to this in John’s Gospel, notably 2:11. Their concept of who Jesus really was is continually being expanded and challenged; they are undergoing spiritual growth; the climax is reached in the confession of Thomas in John 20:28.

[12:18]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:11]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:11]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “Not all of you are.”

[13:11]  ¹⁹ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

[15:21]  ²⁰ tn Or “because of.”

[15:21]  ²¹ tn Jesus is referring to God as “the one who sent me.”

[17:20]  ²² tn Or “I do not pray.”

[17:20]  ²³ tn Although πιστευόντων (pisteuontwn) is a present participle, it must in context carry futuristic force. The disciples whom Jesus is leaving behind will carry on his ministry and in doing so will see others come to trust in him. This will include not only Jewish Christians, but other Gentile Christians who are “not of this fold” (10:16), and thus Jesus’ prayer for unity is especially appropriate in light of the probability that most of the readers of the Gospel are Gentiles (much as Paul stresses unity between Jewish and Gentile Christians in Eph 2:10-22).

[17:20]  ²⁴ tn Grk “their word.”

[19:42]  ²⁵ sn The day of preparation was the day before the Sabbath when everything had to be prepared for it, as no work could be done on the Sabbath.

[19:42]  ²⁶ sn The tomb was nearby. The Passover and the Sabbath would begin at 6 p.m., so those who had come to prepare and bury the body could not afford to waste time.