Discovery BoxJohn 4:50 
Context4:50 Jesus told him, “Go home; 1 your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and set off for home. 2
John 12:48
Context12:48 The one who rejects me and does not accept 3 my words has a judge; 4 the word 5 I have spoken will judge him at the last day.
John 14:24
Context14:24 The person who does not love me does not obey 6 my words. And the word 7 you hear is not mine, but the Father’s who sent me.
John 18:9
Context18:9 He said this 8 to fulfill the word he had spoken, 9 “I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me.” 10
John 18:32
Context18:32 (This happened 11 to fulfill the word Jesus had spoken when he indicated 12 what kind of death he was going to die. 13 )
1 tn Grk “Go”; the word “home” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.
2 tn Grk “and left.” The words “for home” are implied by the following verse.
3 tn Or “does not receive.”
4 tn Grk “has one who judges him.”
5 tn Or “message.”
6 tn Or “does not keep.”
7 tn Or “the message.”
8 tn The words “He said this” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. There is an ellipsis in the Greek text that must be supplied for the modern English reader at this point.
9 sn This expression is similar to John 6:39 and John 17:12.
10 tn Grk “Of the ones whom you gave me, I did not lose one of them.” The order of the clauses has been rearranged to reflect contemporary English style.
sn This action of Jesus on behalf of his disciples is interpreted by the author as a fulfillment of Jesus’ own words: “I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me.” Here it is Jesus’ own words, rather than the OT scriptures, which are quoted. This same formula will be used by the author again of Jesus’ words in 18:32, but the verb is used elsewhere in the Fourth Gospel to describe the NT fulfillment of OT passages (12:38, 13:18, 15:25, 17:12, 19:24, and 19:36). It is a bit difficult to determine the exact referent, since the words of Jesus quoted in this verse are not an exact reproduction of a saying of Jesus elsewhere in John’s Gospel. Although some have identified the saying with John 6:39, the closest parallel is in 17:12, where the betrayer, Judas, is specifically excluded. The words quoted here in 18:9 appear to be a free rendition of 17:12.
11 tn The words “This happened” are not in the Greek text but are implied.
12 tn Or “making clear.”
13 sn A reference to John 12:32.
