Discovery BoxJohn 4:14 
Context4:14 But whoever drinks some of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again, 1 but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain 2 of water springing up 3 to eternal life.”
John 5:6
Context5:6 When Jesus saw him lying there and when he realized 4 that the man 5 had been disabled a long time already, he said to him, “Do you want to become well?”
John 5:14
Context5:14 After this Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “Look, you have become well. Don’t sin any more, 6 lest anything worse happen to you.”
John 9:18
Context9:18 Now the Jewish religious leaders 7 refused to believe 8 that he had really been blind and had gained his sight until at last they summoned 9 the parents of the man who had become able to see. 10
John 9:27
Context9:27 He answered, 11 “I told you already and you didn’t listen. 12 Why do you want to hear it 13 again? You people 14 don’t want to become his disciples too, do you?”
John 9:39
Context9:39 Jesus 15 said,] 16 “For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, 17 and the ones who see may become blind.”
John 12:36
Context12:36 While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light.” 18 When Jesus had said these things, he went away and hid himself from them.
1 tn Grk “will never be thirsty forever.” The possibility of a later thirst is emphatically denied.
2 tn Or “well.” “Fountain” is used as the translation for πηγή (phgh) here since the idea is that of an artesian well that flows freely, but the term “artesian well” is not common in contemporary English.
3 tn The verb ἁλλομένου (Jallomenou) is used of quick movement (like jumping) on the part of living beings. This is the only instance of its being applied to the action of water. However, in the LXX it is used to describe the “Spirit of God” as it falls on Samson and Saul. See Judg 14:6, 19; 15:14; 1 Kgdms 10:2, 10 LXX (= 1 Sam 10:6, 10 ET); and Isa 35:6 (note context).
4 tn Or “knew.”
5 tn Grk “he.” The referent (the man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Since this is a prohibition with a present imperative, the translation “stop sinning” is sometimes suggested. This is not likely, however, since the present tense is normally used in prohibitions involving a general condition (as here) while the aorist tense is normally used in specific instances. Only when used opposite the normal usage (the present tense in a specific instance, for example) would the meaning “stop doing what you are doing” be appropriate.
7 tn Or “the Jewish religious authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” In NT usage the term ᾿Ιουδαῖοι (Ioudaioi) may refer to the entire Jewish people, the residents of Jerusalem and surrounding territory, 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.) Here the phrase refers mainly to the Pharisees, mentioned by name in John 9:13, 15, 16. References in this context to Pharisees and to the synagogue (v. 22) suggest an emphasis on the religious nature of the debate which is brought out by the translation “the Jewish religious leaders.”
8 tn The Greek text contains the words “about him” at this point: “the Jewish authorities did not believe about him…”
9 tn Grk “they called.”
10 tn Or “the man who had gained his sight.”
11 tn Grk “He answered them.” The indirect object αὐτοῖς (autois) has not been translated for stylistic reasons.
12 tn Grk “you did not hear.”
13 tn “It” is not in the Greek text but has been supplied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when they were clearly implied in the context.
14 tn The word “people” is supplied in the translation to clarify the plural Greek pronoun and verb.
15 tn Grk “And Jesus.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.
16 tc ‡ Some early and important witnesses (Ì75 א* W b sams ac2 mf) lack the words, “He said, ‘Lord, I believe,’ and he worshiped him. Jesus said,” (vv. 38-39a). This is weighty evidence for the omission of these words. It is difficult to overstate the value of Ì75 here, since it is the only currently available papyrus ms extant for the text of John 9:38-39. Further, א is an important and early Alexandrian witness for the omission. The versional testimony and codex W also give strong support to the omission. Nearly all other
17 tn Or “that those who do not see may see.”
18 tn The idiom “sons of light” means essentially “people characterized by light,” that is, “people of God.”
sn The expression sons of light refers to men and women to whom the truth of God has been revealed and who are therefore living according to that truth, thus, “people of God.”
