John 9:4

9:4 We must perform the deeds 1  of the one who sent me 2  as long as 3  it is daytime. Night is coming when no one can work.

John 19:39

19:39 Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus 4  at night, 5  accompanied Joseph, 6  carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes 7  weighing about seventy-five pounds. 8 

1 tn Grk “We must work the works.”

2 tn Or “of him who sent me” (God).

3 tn Or “while.”

4 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

5 sn See John 3:1-21.

6 tn Grk “came”; the words “accompanied Joseph” are not in the Greek text but are supplied for clarity.

7 sn Aloes refers to an aromatic resin from a plant similar to a lily, used for embalming a corpse.

8 sn The Roman pound (λίτρα, litra) weighed twelve ounces or 325 grams. Thus 100 Roman pounds would be about 32.5 kilograms or 75 pounds.