1 sn John refers to John the Baptist.
2 tn Grk “answered and said to them.”
3 tn Grk “the work.”
4 tn Grk “This is the work of God.”
5 tn Grk “that one” (i.e., God).
6 tn Grk “So Jesus answered and said to them.”
7 tn The phrase “the one who sent me” refers to God.
8 tn Although the conjunction “but” is not in the Greek text, the contrast is implied (an omitted conjunction is called asyndeton).
9 tn The preposition παρά (para) followed by the genitive has the local sense preserved and can be used of one person sending another. This does not necessarily imply origin in essence or eternal generation.
10 tn Grk “and that one.”
11 tn Grk “I am the one who testifies about myself.”
12 tn The phrase “a message” is not in the Greek text but is implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from context.
13 tn Grk “to him, saying”; the referent (Jesus) is specified in the translation for clarity.
14 sn Cf. John 1:18 and 14:9.
15 tn Or “still bound.”
16 sn Where was Caiaphas the high priest located? Did he have a separate palace, or was he somewhere else with the Sanhedrin? Since Augustine (4th century) a number of scholars have proposed that Annas and Caiaphas resided in different wings of the same palace, which were bound together by a common courtyard through which Jesus would have been led as he was taken from Annas to Caiaphas. This seems a reasonable explanation, although there is no conclusive evidence.