Yohanes 2:17

2:17 His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal ¹  for your house will devour me.” ² 

Yohanes 3:17

3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, ³  but that the world should be saved through him.

Yohanes 4:54

4:54 Jesus did this as his second miraculous sign ⁴  when he returned from Judea to Galilee.

Yohanes 10:17

10:17 This is why the Father loves me ⁵  – because I lay down my life, ⁶  so that I may take it back again.

[2:17]  ¹ tn Or “Fervent devotion to your house.”

[2:17]  ² sn A quotation from Ps 69:9.

[3:17]  ³ sn That is, “to judge the world to be guilty and liable to punishment.”

[4:54]  ⁴ tn This sentence in Greek involves an object-complement construction. The force can be either “Jesus did this as,” or possibly “Jesus made this to be.” The latter translation accents not only Jesus’ power but his sovereignty too. Cf. 2:11 where the same construction occurs.

[10:17]  ⁵ tn Grk “Because of this the Father loves me.”

[10:17]  ⁶ tn Or “die willingly.”