Discovery BoxJohn 10:38 
Context10:38 But if I do them, even if you do not believe me, believe the deeds, 1 so that you may come to know 2 and understand that I am in the Father and the Father is in me.”
John 15:20
Context15:20 Remember what 3 I told you, ‘A slave 4 is not greater than his master.’ 5 If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed 6 my word, they will obey 7 yours too.
John 16:7
Context16:7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate 8 will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.
1 tn Or “works.”
sn Jesus says that in the final analysis, the deeds he did should indicate whether he was truly from the Father. If the authorities could not believe in him, it would be better to believe in the deeds he did than not to believe at all.
2 tn Or “so that you may learn.”
3 tn Grk “Remember the word that I said to you.”
4 tn See the note on the word “slaves” in 4:51.
5 sn A slave is not greater than his master. Jesus now recalled a statement he had made to the disciples before, in John 13:16. As the master has been treated, so will the slaves be treated also. If the world had persecuted Jesus, then it would also persecute the disciples. If the world had kept Jesus’ word, it would likewise keep the word of the disciples. In this statement there is the implication that the disciples would carry on the ministry of Jesus after his departure; they would in their preaching and teaching continue to spread the message which Jesus himself had taught while he was with them. And they would meet with the same response, by and large, that he encountered.
6 tn Or “if they kept.”
7 tn Or “they will keep.”
8 tn Or “Helper” or “Counselor”; Grk “Paraclete,” from the Greek word παράκλητος (paraklhto"). See the note on the word “Advocate” in John 14:16 for a discussion of how this word is translated.
