Discovery BoxJohn 9:4 
Context9:4 We must perform the deeds 1 of the one who sent me 2 as long as 3 it is daytime. Night is coming when no one can work.
John 19:39
Context19:39 Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus 4 at night, 5 accompanied Joseph, 6 carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes 7 weighing about seventy-five pounds. 8
1 tn Grk “We must work the works.”
2 tn Or “of him who sent me” (God).
3 tn Or “while.”
4 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 sn See John 3:1-21.
6 tn Grk “came”; the words “accompanied Joseph” are not in the Greek text but are supplied for clarity.
7 sn Aloes refers to an aromatic resin from a plant similar to a lily, used for embalming a corpse.
8 sn The Roman pound (λίτρα, litra) weighed twelve ounces or 325 grams. Thus 100 Roman pounds would be about 32.5 kilograms or 75 pounds.
