Yohanes 8:46

8:46 Who among you can prove me guilty ¹  of any sin? ²  If I am telling you ³  the truth, why don’t you believe me?

Yohanes 11:25

11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live ⁴  even if he dies,

Yohanes 12:46

12:46 I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness.

Yohanes 14:11

14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me, but if you do not believe me, ⁵  believe because of the miraculous deeds ⁶  themselves.

Yohanes 14:31

14:31 but I am doing just what the Father commanded me, so that the world may know ⁷  that I love the Father. ⁸  Get up, let us go from here.” ⁹ 

Yohanes 17:20

Jesus Prays for Believers Everywhere

17:20 “I am not praying ¹⁰  only on their behalf, but also on behalf of those who believe ¹¹  in me through their testimony, ¹² 

[8:46]  ¹ tn Or “can convict me.”

[8:46]  ² tn Or “of having sinned”; Grk “of sin.”

[8:46]  ³ tn Or “if I tell you.”

[11:25]  ⁴ tn That is, will come to life.

[14:11]  ⁵ tn The phrase “but if you do not believe me” contains an ellipsis; the Greek text reads Grk “but if not.” The ellipsis has been filled out (“but if [you do] not [believe me]…”) for the benefit of the modern English reader.

[14:11]  ⁶ tn Grk “because of the works.”

[14:11]  sn In the context of a proof or basis for belief, Jesus is referring to the miraculous deeds (signs) he has performed in the presence of the disciples.

[14:31]  ⁷ tn Or “may learn.”

[14:31]  ⁸ tn Grk “But so that the world may know that I love the Father, and just as the Father commanded me, thus I do.” The order of the clauses has been rearranged in the translation to conform to contemporary English style.

[14:31]  ⁹ sn Some have understood Jesus’ statement Get up, let us go from here to mean that at this point Jesus and the disciples got up and left the room where the meal was served and began the journey to the garden of Gethsemane. If so, the rest of the Farewell Discourse took place en route. Others have pointed to this statement as one of the “seams” in the discourse, indicating that the author used preexisting sources. Both explanations are possible, but not really necessary. Jesus could simply have stood up at this point (the disciples may or may not have stood with him) to finish the discourse before finally departing (in 18:1). In any case it may be argued that Jesus refers not to a literal departure at this point, but to preparing to meet the enemy who is on the way already in the person of Judas and the soldiers with him.

[17:20]  ¹⁰ tn Or “I do not pray.”

[17:20]  ¹¹ 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]  ¹² tn Grk “their word.”