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John 2:11

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2:11 Jesus did this as the first of his miraculous signs, 1  in Cana 2  of Galilee. In this way he revealed 3  his glory, and his disciples believed in him. 4 

John 2:22-23

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2:22 So after he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture 5  and the saying 6  that Jesus had spoken.

Jesus at the Passover Feast

2:23 Now while Jesus 7  was in Jerusalem 8  at the feast of the Passover, many people believed in his name because they saw the miraculous signs he was doing. 9 

John 4:39

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The Samaritans Respond

4:39 Now many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the report of the woman who testified, 10  “He told me everything I ever did.”

John 4:50

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4:50 Jesus told him, “Go home; 11  your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and set off for home. 12 

John 4:53

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4:53 Then the father realized that it was the very time 13  Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live,” and he himself believed along with his entire household.

John 7:31

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7:31 Yet many of the crowd 14  believed in him and said, “Whenever the Christ 15  comes, he won’t perform more miraculous signs than this man did, will he?” 16 

John 8:31

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Abraham’s Children and the Devil’s Children

8:31 Then Jesus said to those Judeans 17  who had believed him, “If you continue to follow my teaching, 18  you are really 19  my disciples

1 tn This sentence in Greek involves an object-complement construction. The force can be either “Jesus did this as,” or possibly “Jesus made this to be.” The latter translation accents not only Jesus’ power but his sovereignty too. Cf. also 4:54 where the same construction occurs.

2 map For location see Map1 C3; Map2 D2; Map3 C5.

3 tn Grk “in Cana of Galilee, and he revealed.”

4 tn Or “his disciples trusted in him,” or “his disciples put their faith in him.”

5 sn They believed the scripture is probably an anaphoric reference to Ps 69:9 (69:10 LXX), quoted in John 2:17 above. Presumably the disciples did not remember Ps 69:9 on the spot, but it was a later insight.

6 tn Or “statement”; Grk “word.”

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

8 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

9 sn Because they saw the miraculous signs he was doing. The issue here is not whether their faith was genuine or not, but what its object was. These individuals, after seeing the miracles, believed Jesus to be the Messiah. They most likely saw in him a political-eschatological figure of some sort. That does not, however, mean that their concept of “Messiah” was the same as Jesus’ own, or the author’s.

10 tn Grk “when she testified.”

11 tn Grk “Go”; the word “home” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

12 tn Grk “and left.” The words “for home” are implied by the following verse.

13 tn Grk “at that hour.”

14 tn Or “The common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities).

15 tn Or “the Messiah” (Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “one who has been anointed”).

sn See the note on Christ in 1:20.

16 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 it is “will he?”).

17 tn Grk “to the Jews.” In NT usage the term ᾿Ιουδαῖοι (Ioudaioi) may refer to the entire Jewish people, the residents of Jerusalem and surrounding territory (i.e., “Judeans”), the authorities in Jerusalem, or merely those who were hostile to Jesus. (For further information see R. G. Bratcher, “‘The Jews’ in the Gospel of John,” BT 26 [1975]: 401-9; also BDAG 479 s.v. ᾿Ιουδαῖος 2.e.) Here the phrase refers to the Jewish people in Jerusalem who had been listening to Jesus’ teaching in the temple and had believed his claim to be the Messiah, hence, “those Judeans who had believed him.” The term “Judeans” is preferred here to the more general “people” because the debate concerns descent from Abraham (v. 33).

18 tn Grk “If you continue in my word.”

19 tn Or “truly.”



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