Discovery BoxJohn 7:28 
Context7:28 Then Jesus, while teaching in the temple courts, 1 cried out, 2 “You both know me and know where I come from! 3 And I have not come on my own initiative, 4 but the one who sent me 5 is true. You do not know him, 6
John 8:44
Context8:44 You people 7 are from 8 your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. 9 He 10 was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, 11 because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, 12 he speaks according to his own nature, 13 because he is a liar and the father of lies. 14
John 21:18
Context21:18 I tell you the solemn truth, 15 when you were young, you tied your clothes around you 16 and went wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and others will tie you up 17 and bring you where you do not want to go.”
1 tn Grk “the temple.”
2 tn Grk “Then Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying.”
3 sn You both know me and know where I come from! Jesus’ response while teaching in the temple is difficult – it appears to concede too much understanding to his opponents. It is best to take the words as irony: “So you know me and know where I am from, do you?” On the physical, literal level, they did know where he was from: Nazareth of Galilee (at least they thought they knew). But on another deeper (spiritual) level, they did not: He came from heaven, from the Father. Jesus insisted that he has not come on his own initiative (cf. 5:37), but at the bidding of the Father who sent him.
4 tn Grk “And I have not come from myself.”
5 tn The phrase “the one who sent me” refers to God.
6 tn Grk “the one who sent me is true, whom you do not know.”
7 tn The word “people” is supplied in the translation to clarify that the Greek pronoun and verb are plural.
8 tn Many translations read “You are of your father the devil” (KJV, ASV, RSV, NASB) or “You belong to your father, the devil” (NIV), but the Greek preposition ἐκ (ek) emphasizes the idea of source or origin. Jesus said his opponents were the devil’s very offspring (a statement which would certainly infuriate them).
9 tn Grk “the desires of your father you want to do.”
10 tn Grk “That one” (referring to the devil).
11 tn Grk “he does not stand in the truth” (in the sense of maintaining, upholding, or accepting the validity of it).
12 tn Grk “Whenever he speaks the lie.”
13 tn Grk “he speaks from his own.”
14 tn Grk “because he is a liar and the father of it.”
15 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”
16 tn Or “you girded yourself.”
17 tn Grk “others will gird you.”
