Discovery BoxJohn 4:25 
Context4:25 The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (the one called Christ); 1 “whenever he 2 comes, he will tell 3 us everything.” 4
John 7:31
Context7:31 Yet many of the crowd 5 believed in him and said, “Whenever the Christ 6 comes, he won’t perform more miraculous signs than this man did, will he?” 7
1 tn Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “the one who has been anointed.”
sn The one called Christ. This is a parenthetical statement by the author. See the note on Christ in 1:20.
2 tn Grk “that one.”
3 tn Or “he will announce to us.”
4 tn Grk “all things.”
5 tn Or “The common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities).
6 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.
7 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?”).
