Discovery BoxJohn 1:7 
Context1:7 He came as a witness 1 to testify 2 about the light, so that everyone 3 might believe through him.
John 11:49
Context11:49 Then one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said, 4 “You know nothing at all!
John 13:11
Context13:11 (For Jesus 5 knew the one who was going to betray him. For this reason he said, “Not every one of you is 6 clean.”) 7
1 tn Grk “came for a testimony.”
sn Witness is also one of the major themes of John’s Gospel. The Greek verb μαρτυρέω (marturew) occurs 33 times (compare to once in Matthew, once in Luke, 0 in Mark) and the noun μαρτυρία (marturia) 14 times (0 in Matthew, once in Luke, 3 times in Mark).
2 tn Or “to bear witness.”
3 tn Grk “all.”
4 tn Grk “said to them.” The indirect object αὐτοῖς (autois) has not been translated for stylistic reasons.
5 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Grk “Not all of you are.”
7 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.
