John 2:10

2:10 and said to him, “Everyone ¹  serves the good wine first, and then the cheaper ²  wine when the guests ³  are drunk. You have kept the good wine until now!”

John 9:9

9:9 Some people said, ⁴  “This is the man!” ⁵  while others said, “No, but he looks like him.” ⁶  The man himself ⁷  kept insisting, “I am the one!” ⁸ 

John 16:18

16:18 So they kept on repeating, ⁹  “What is the meaning of what he says, ¹⁰  ‘In a little while’? ¹¹  We do not understand ¹²  what he is talking about.” ¹³ 

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¹ tn Grk “every man” (in a generic sense).

² tn Or “poorer.”

³ tn Grk “when they”; the referent (the guests) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Grk “Others were saying.”

⁵ tn Grk “This is the one.”

⁶ tn Grk “No, but he is like him.”

⁷ tn Grk “That one”; the referent (the man himself) is specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Grk “I am he.”

⁹ tn Grk “they kept on saying.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “What is this that he says.”

¹¹ tn Grk “A little while.” Although the phrase τὸ μικρόν (to mikron) in John 16:18 could be translated simply “a little while,” it was translated “in a little while” to maintain the connection to John 16:16, where it has the latter meaning in context.

¹² tn Or “we do not know.”

¹³ tn Grk “what he is speaking.”