5:24 “I tell you the solemn truth, 4 the one who hears 5 my message 6 and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, 7 but has crossed over from death to life.
5:36 “But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds 8 that the Father has assigned me to complete – the deeds 9 I am now doing – testify about me that the Father has sent me.
1 tn Grk “judged.”
2 tn Grk “judged.”
3 tn See the note on the term “one and only” in 3:16.
4 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”
5 tn Or “obeys.”
6 tn Or “word.”
7 tn Grk “and does not come into judgment.”
8 tn Or “works.”
9 tn Grk “complete, which I am now doing”; the referent of the relative pronoun has been specified by repeating “deeds” from the previous clause.
10 tn Or “message.”
11 tn Grk “who said.”
12 tn “The arm of the Lord” is an idiom for “God’s great power” (as exemplified through Jesus’ miraculous signs). This response of unbelief is interpreted by the author as a fulfillment of the prophetic words of Isaiah (Isa 53:1). The phrase ὁ βραχίων κυρίου (Jo braciwn kuriou) is a figurative reference to God’s activity and power which has been revealed in the sign-miracles which Jesus has performed (compare the previous verse).
13 sn A quotation from Isa 53:1.
14 tn Grk “Jesus said to him.”
15 tn Or “recognized.”