Yohanes 5:18

5:18 For this reason the Jewish leaders ¹  were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God.

Yohanes 12:16

12:16 (His disciples did not understand these things when they first happened, ²  but when Jesus was glorified, ³  then they remembered that these things were written about him and that these things had happened ⁴  to him.) ⁵ 

Yohanes 13:33

13:33 Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, ⁶  and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders, ⁷  ‘Where I am going you cannot come,’ ⁸  now I tell you the same. ⁹ 

[5:18]  ¹ tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” See the note on the phrase “Jewish leaders” in v. 10.

[12:16]  ² tn Or “did not understand these things at first”; Grk “formerly.”

[12:16]  ³ sn When Jesus was glorified, that is, glorified through his resurrection, exaltation, and return to the Father. Jesus’ glorification is consistently portrayed this way in the Gospel of John.

[12:16]  ⁴ tn Grk “and that they had done these things,” though the referent is probably indefinite and not referring to the disciples; as such, the best rendering is as a passive (see ExSyn 402-3; R. E. Brown, John [AB], 1:458).

[12:16]  ⁵ sn The comment His disciples did not understand these things when they first happened (a parenthetical note by the author) informs the reader that Jesus’ disciples did not at first associate the prophecy from Zechariah with the events as they happened. This came with the later (postresurrection) insight which the Holy Spirit would provide after Jesus’ resurrection and return to the Father. Note the similarity with John 2:22, which follows another allusion to a prophecy in Zechariah (14:21).

[13:33]  ⁶ tn Or “You will seek me.”

[13:33]  ⁷ tn Grk “the Jews.” In NT usage the term ᾿Ιουδαῖοι (Ioudaioi) may refer to the entire Jewish people, the residents of Jerusalem and surrounding territory, the authorities in Jerusalem, or merely those who were hostile to Jesus. (For further information see R. G. Bratcher, “‘The Jews’ in the Gospel of John,” BT 26 [1975]: 401-9.) Here the phrase refers to the residents of Jerusalem in general, or to the Jewish religious leaders in particular, who had sent servants to attempt to arrest Jesus on that occasion (John 7:33-35). The last option is the one adopted in the translation above.

[13:33]  ⁸ sn See John 7:33-34.

[13:33]  ⁹ tn The words “the same” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context.