John 1:10

1:10 He was in the world, and the world was created ¹  by him, but ²  the world did not recognize ³  him.

John 1:31

1:31 I did not recognize ⁴  him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel.” ⁵ 

John 10:4-5

10:4 When he has brought all his own sheep ⁶  out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize ⁷  his voice. 10:5 They will never follow a stranger, ⁸  but will run away from him, because they do not recognize ⁹  the stranger’s voice.” ¹⁰ 

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¹ tn Or “was made”; Grk “came into existence.”

² tn Grk “and,” but in context this is an adversative use of καί (kai) and is thus translated “but.”

³ tn Or “know.”

⁴ tn Or “know.”

⁵ sn John the Baptist, who has been so reluctant to elaborate his own role, now more than willingly gives his testimony about Jesus. For the author, the emphasis is totally on John the Baptist as a witness to Jesus. No attention is given to the Baptist’s call to national repentance and very little to his baptizing. Everything is focused on what he has to say about Jesus: so that he could be revealed to Israel.

⁶ tn The word “sheep” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

⁷ tn Grk “because they know.”

⁸ tn Or “someone whom they do not know.”

⁹ tn Grk “know.”

¹⁰ tn Or “the voice of someone they do not know.”