Discovery BoxJohn 5:18 
Context5:18 For this reason the Jewish leaders 1 were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God.
John 8:42
Context8:42 Jesus replied, 2 “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. 3 I 4 have not come on my own initiative, 5 but he 6 sent me.
1 tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” See the note on the phrase “Jewish leaders” in v. 10.
2 tn Grk “Jesus said to them.”
3 tn Or “I came from God and have arrived.”
4 tn Grk “For I.” Here γάρ (gar) has not been translated.
5 tn Grk “from myself.”
6 tn Grk “that one” (referring to God).
