¹ tn Grk “And they asked him, and said to him”; the referent (John) has been specified in the translation for clarity, and the phrase has been simplified in the translation to “So they asked John.”

¹ tn Heb “he [i.e., his people] asked.” The singular form should probably be emended to a plural שָׁאֲלוּ (shaʾalu, “they asked”), the ו (vav) having fallen off by haplography (note the vav at the beginning of the following form).

² sn Who told you that you were naked? This is another rhetorical question, asking more than what it appears to ask. The second question in the verse reveals the Lord God’s real concern.

¹ tn Grk “and they asked them, saying”; the referent (the parents) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² sn This is a parenthetical note by the author, indicating why Jesus asked the woman for a drink.

² sn The members of the council understood the force of the claim and asked Jesus about another title, Son of God.

² tn Grk “asked him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in English and has not been translated.

¹ tn Grk “asked him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

¹ tn That is, “If you really feared me why did you not do a minimum to get what I asked for?”

¹ sn The actions of asking, seeking, and knocking are repeated here from v. 9 with the encouragement that God does respond.

⁴ sn The combination of inherit with eternal life asks, in effect, “What must I do to be saved?”

¹ tn Grk “Coming up the crowd began to ask [him to do] as he was doing for them.”

¹ tn Grk “Pilate asked him again, saying.” The participle λέγων (legōn) is redundant and has not been translated.

³ tn Grk “and asked him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

² tn Grk “And they were asking him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant and has not been translated.

² tn Grk “asked him, saying.” The participle λέγων (legōn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

² sn That is, “If you really feared me you should have done a minimum to get what I asked for.”

³ tn Grk “and asked him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

³ tn Grk “he asked his disciples, saying.” The participle λέγων (legōn) is redundant and has been left untranslated.

² tn Grk “asked him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.