John 7:19

7:19 Hasn’t Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps ¹  the law! Why do you want ²  to kill me?”

John 7:45

Lack of Belief

7:45 Then the officers ³  returned ⁴  to the chief priests and Pharisees, ⁵  who said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him back with you?” ⁶ 

John 8:46

8:46 Who among you can prove me guilty ⁷  of any sin? ⁸  If I am telling you ⁹  the truth, why don’t you believe me?

John 10:17

10:17 This is why the Father loves me ¹⁰  – because I lay down my life, ¹¹  so that I may take it back again.

John 10:20

10:20 Many of them were saying, “He is possessed by a demon and has lost his mind! ¹²  Why do you listen to him?”

John 13:37

13:37 Peter said to him, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you!” ¹³ 

John 16:15

16:15 Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit ¹⁴  will receive from me what is mine ¹⁵  and will tell it to you. ¹⁶ 

John 20:13

20:13 They said ¹⁷  to her, “Woman, ¹⁸  why are you weeping?” Mary replied, ¹⁹  “They have taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have put him!”

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¹ tn Or “accomplishes”; Grk “does.”

² tn Grk “seek.”

³ tn Or “servants.” The “chief priests and Pharisees” is a comprehensive term for the groups represented in the ruling council (the Sanhedrin) as in John 7:45; 18:3; Acts 5:22, 26. As “servants” or “officers” of the Sanhedrin, their representatives should be distinguished from the Levites serving as temple police (perhaps John 7:30 and 44; also John 8:20; 10:39; 19:6; Acts 4:3). Even when performing ‘police’ duties such as here, their “officers” are doing so only as part of their general tasks (See K. H. Rengstorf, TDNT 8:540).

⁴ tn Grk “came.”

⁵ sn See the note on Pharisees in 1:24.

⁶ tn Grk “Why did you not bring him?” The words “back with you” are implied.

⁷ tn Or “can convict me.”

⁸ tn Or “of having sinned”; Grk “of sin.”

⁹ tn Or “if I tell you.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “Because of this the Father loves me.”

¹¹ tn Or “die willingly.”

¹² tn Or “is insane.” To translate simply “he is mad” (so KJV, ASV, RSV; “raving mad” NIV) could give the impression that Jesus was angry, while the actual charge was madness or insanity.

¹³ tn Or “I will die willingly for you.”

¹⁴ tn Grk “I said he”; the referent (the Spirit) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁵ tn The words “what is mine” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

¹⁶ tn Or “will announce it to you.”

¹⁷ tn The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here.

¹⁸ sn Woman was a polite form of address (see BDAG 208-9 s.v. γυνή 1), similar to “Madam” or “Ma’am” used in English in different regions. This occurs again in v. 15.

¹⁹ tn Grk “She said to them.”