John 1:45

1:45 Philip found Nathanael ¹  and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also ²  wrote about – Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

John 5:18

5:18 For this reason the Jewish leaders ³  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.

John 12:9

12:9 Now a large crowd of Judeans ⁴  learned ⁵  that Jesus ⁶  was there, and so they came not only because of him ⁷  but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.

John 15:20

15:20 Remember what ⁸  I told you, ‘A slave ⁹  is not greater than his master.’ ¹⁰  If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed ¹¹  my word, they will obey ¹²  yours too.

John 18:18

18:18 (Now the slaves ¹³  and the guards ¹⁴  were standing around a charcoal fire they had made, warming themselves because it was cold. ¹⁵  Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.) ¹⁶ 

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¹ sn Nathanael is traditionally identified with Bartholomew (although John never describes him as such). He appears here after Philip, while in all lists of the twelve except in Acts 1:13, Bartholomew follows Philip. Also, the Aramaic Bar-tolmai means “son of Tolmai,” the surname; the man almost certainly had another name.

² tn “Also” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

³ tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” See the note on the phrase “Jewish leaders” in v. 10.

⁴ tn Grk “of the Jews.” In NT usage the term ᾿Ιουδαῖοι (Ioudaioi) may refer to the entire Jewish people, the residents of Jerusalem and surrounding territory (“Judeans”; cf. BDAG 479 s.v. ᾿Ιουδαῖος 2.e), 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 and the surrounding area who by this time had heard about the resurrection of Lazarus and were curious to see him.

⁵ tn Grk “knew.”

⁶ tn Grk “he”; normal English clause structure specifies the referent first and substitutes the pronoun in subsequent references to the same individual, so the referent (Jesus) has been specified here.

⁷ tn Grk “Jesus”; normal English clause structure specifies the referent first and substitutes the pronoun in subsequent references to the same individual, so the pronoun (“him”) has been substituted here.

⁸ tn Grk “Remember the word that I said to you.”

⁹ tn See the note on the word “slaves” in 4:51.

¹⁰ sn A slave is not greater than his master. Jesus now recalled a statement he had made to the disciples before, in John 13:16. As the master has been treated, so will the slaves be treated also. If the world had persecuted Jesus, then it would also persecute the disciples. If the world had kept Jesus’ word, it would likewise keep the word of the disciples. In this statement there is the implication that the disciples would carry on the ministry of Jesus after his departure; they would in their preaching and teaching continue to spread the message which Jesus himself had taught while he was with them. And they would meet with the same response, by and large, that he encountered.

¹¹ tn Or “if they kept.”

¹² tn Or “they will keep.”

¹³ tn See the note on the word “slaves” in 4:51.

¹⁴ tn That is, the “guards of the chief priests” as distinguished from the household slaves of Annas.

¹⁵ tn Grk “because it was cold, and they were warming themselves.”

¹⁶ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.