John 6:9

6:9 “Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what good ¹  are these for so many people?”

John 7:12

7:12 There was ²  a lot of grumbling ³  about him among the crowds. ⁴  Some were saying, “He is a good man,” but others, “He deceives the common people.” ⁵ 

John 10:32-33

10:32 Jesus said to them, ⁶  “I have shown you many good deeds ⁷  from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?” 10:33 The Jewish leaders ⁸  replied, ⁹  “We are not going to stone you for a good deed ¹⁰  but for blasphemy, ¹¹  because ¹²  you, a man, are claiming to be God.” ¹³ 

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¹ tn Grk “but what are these”; the word “good” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

² tn Grk “And there was.”

³ tn Or “complaining.”

⁴ tn Or “among the common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities mentioned in the previous verse).

⁵ tn Or “the crowd.”

⁶ tn Grk “Jesus answered them.”

⁷ tn Or “good works.”

⁸ tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” Here again the phrase refers to the Jewish leaders. See the notes on the phrase “Jewish people” in v. 19 and “Jewish leaders” in vv. 24, 31.

⁹ tn Grk “answered him.”

¹⁰ tn Or “good work.”

¹¹ sn This is the first time the official charge of blasphemy is voiced openly in the Fourth Gospel (although it was implicit in John 8:59).

¹² tn Grk “and because.”

¹³ tn Grk “you, a man, make yourself to be God.”