Yohanes 3:29
Konteks3:29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly 1 when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete. 2
Yohanes 21:23
Konteks21:23 So the saying circulated 3 among the brothers and sisters 4 that this disciple was not going to die. But Jesus did not say to him that he was not going to die, but rather, “If I want him to live 5 until I come back, 6 what concern is that of yours?”
[3:29] 1 tn Grk “rejoices with joy” (an idiom).
[3:29] 2 tn Grk “Therefore this my joy is fulfilled.”
[21:23] 4 tn Grk “the brothers,” but here the term refers to more than just the immediate disciples of Jesus (as it does in 20:17). Here, as R. E. Brown notes (John [AB], 2:1110), it refers to Christians of the Johannine community (which would include both men and women).
[21:23] 5 tn Grk “to stay” or “to remain”; but since longevity is the issue in the context, “to live” conveys the idea more clearly.
[21:23] 6 tn The word “back” is supplied to clarify the meaning.