7:37 On the last day of the feast, the greatest day, 1 Jesus stood up and shouted out, 2 “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and
21:4 When it was already very early morning, Jesus stood on the beach, but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.
1 sn There is a problem with the identification of this reference to the last day of the feast, the greatest day: It appears from Deut 16:13 that the feast went for seven days. Lev 23:36, however, makes it plain that there was an eighth day, though it was mentioned separately from the seven. It is not completely clear whether the seventh or eighth day was the climax of the feast, called here by the author the “last great day of the feast.” Since according to the Mishnah (m. Sukkah 4.1) the ceremonies with water and lights did not continue after the seventh day, it seems more probable that this is the day the author mentions.
2 tn Grk “Jesus stood up and cried out, saying.”
3 tn Or “he straightened up.”
4 tn Grk “and said to them.”
5 tn Or “sinless.”
6 tn “The voice” is not in the Greek text. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
7 tn Grk “Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.” The direct discourse in the second half of v. 29 was converted to indirect discourse in the translation to maintain the parallelism with the first half of the verse, which is better in keeping with English style.