Discovery BoxJohn 1:30 
Context1:30 This is the one about whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is greater than I am, 1 because he existed before me.’
John 1:50
Context1:50 Jesus said to him, 2 “Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” 3
John 5:20
Context5:20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he does, and will show him greater deeds than these, so that you will be amazed.
John 8:53
Context8:53 You aren’t greater than our father Abraham who died, are you? 4 And the prophets died too! Who do you claim to be?”
John 10:29
Context10:29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, 5 and no one can snatch 6 them from my Father’s hand.
1 tn Or “has a higher rank than I.”
2 tn Grk “answered and said to him.” This has been simplified in the translation to “said to him.”
3 sn What are the greater things Jesus had in mind? In the narrative this forms an excellent foreshadowing of the miraculous signs which began at Cana of Galilee.
4 tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here the tag is “are you?”).
5 tn Or “is superior to all.”
6 tn Or “no one can seize.”
