Discovery BoxJohn 8:44 
Context8:44 You people 1 are from 2 your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. 3 He 4 was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, 5 because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, 6 he speaks according to his own nature, 7 because he is a liar and the father of lies. 8
John 10:18
Context10:18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down 9 of my own free will. 10 I have the authority 11 to lay it down, and I have the authority 12 to take it back again. This commandment 13 I received from my Father.”
John 17:11
Context17:11 I 14 am no longer in the world, but 15 they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe 16 in your name 17 that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one. 18
1 tn The word “people” is supplied in the translation to clarify that the Greek pronoun and verb are plural.
2 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).
3 tn Grk “the desires of your father you want to do.”
4 tn Grk “That one” (referring to the devil).
5 tn Grk “he does not stand in the truth” (in the sense of maintaining, upholding, or accepting the validity of it).
6 tn Grk “Whenever he speaks the lie.”
7 tn Grk “he speaks from his own.”
8 tn Grk “because he is a liar and the father of it.”
9 tn Or “give it up.”
10 tn Or “of my own accord.” “Of my own free will” is given by BDAG 321 s.v. ἐμαυτοῦ c.
11 tn Or “I have the right.”
12 tn Or “I have the right.”
13 tn Or “order.”
14 tn Grk And I.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.
15 tn The context indicates that this should be translated as an adversative or contrastive conjunction.
16 tn Or “protect them”; Grk “keep them.”
17 tn Or “by your name.”
18 tn The second repetition of “one” is implied, and is supplied here for clarity.
