John 5:30

5:30 I can do nothing on my own initiative. ¹  Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, ²  because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me. ³ 

John 8:26

8:26 I have many things to say and to judge ⁴  about you, but the Father ⁵  who sent me is truthful, ⁶  and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world.” ⁷ 

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¹ tn Grk “nothing from myself.”

² tn Or “righteous,” or “proper.”

³ tn That is, “the will of the Father who sent me.”

⁴ tn Or “I have many things to pronounce in judgment about you.” The two Greek infinitives could be understood as a hendiadys, resulting in one phrase.

⁵ tn Grk “the one”; the referent (the Father) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Grk “true” (in the sense of one who always tells the truth).

⁷ tn Grk “and what things I have heard from him, these things I speak to the world.”