1 tn Or “The common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities like the chief priests and Pharisees).
2 tn Or “truly.”
3 sn The Prophet is a reference to the “prophet like Moses” of Deut 18:15, by this time an eschatological figure in popular belief.
4 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.
5 tn An initial negative reply (“No”) is suggested by the causal or explanatory γάρ (gar) which begins the clause.
6 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 the tag is “does he?”).
