Yohanes 10:30

10:30 The Father and I ¹  are one.” ² 

Yohanes 14:20

14:20 You will know at that time ³  that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you.

Yohanes 14:23

14:23 Jesus replied, ⁴  “If anyone loves me, he will obey ⁵  my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up residence with him. ⁶ 

Yohanes 15:4

15:4 Remain ⁷  in me, and I will remain in you. ⁸  Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, ⁹  unless it remains ¹⁰  in ¹¹  the vine, so neither can you unless you remain ¹²  in me.

Yohanes 17:20-23

Jesus Prays for Believers Everywhere

17:20 “I am not praying ¹³  only on their behalf, but also on behalf of those who believe ¹⁴  in me through their testimony, ¹⁵  17:21 that they will all be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. I pray ¹⁶  that they will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me. 17:22 The glory ¹⁷  you gave to me I have given to them, that they may be one just as we are one – 17:23 I in them and you in me – that they may be completely one, ¹⁸  so that the world will know that you sent me, and you have loved them just as you have loved me.

[10:30]  ¹ tn Grk “I and the Father.” The order has been reversed to reflect English style.

[10:30]  ² tn The phrase ἕν ἐσμεν ({en esmen) is a significant assertion with trinitarian implications. ἕν is neuter, not masculine, so the assertion is not that Jesus and the Father are one person, but one “thing.” Identity of the two persons is not what is asserted, but essential unity (unity of essence).

[14:20]  ³ tn Grk “will know in that day.”

[14:20]  sn At that time could be a reference to the parousia (second coming of Christ). But the statement in 14:19, that the world will not see Jesus, does not fit. It is better to take this as the postresurrection appearances of Jesus to his disciples (which has the advantage of taking in a little while in v. 19 literally).

[14:23]  ⁴ tn Grk “answered and said to him.”

[14:23]  ⁵ tn Or “will keep.”

[14:23]  ⁶ tn Grk “we will come to him and will make our dwelling place with him.” The context here is individual rather than corporate indwelling, so the masculine singular pronoun has been retained throughout v. 23. It is important to note, however, that the pronoun is used generically here and refers equally to men, women, and children.

[15:4]  ⁷ tn Or “Reside.”

[15:4]  ⁸ tn Grk “and I in you.” The verb has been repeated for clarity and to conform to contemporary English style, which typically allows fewer ellipses (omitted or understood words) than Greek.

[15:4]  ⁹ sn The branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it remains connected to the vine, from which its life and sustenance flows. As far as the disciples were concerned, they would produce no fruit from themselves if they did not remain in their relationship to Jesus, because the eternal life which a disciple must possess in order to bear fruit originates with Jesus; he is the source of all life and productivity for the disciple.

[15:4]  ¹⁰ tn Or “resides.”

[15:4]  ¹¹ tn While it would be more natural to say “on the vine” (so NAB), the English preposition “in” has been retained here to emphasize the parallelism with the following clause “unless you remain in me.” To speak of remaining “in” a person is not natural English either, but is nevertheless a biblical concept (cf. “in Christ” in Eph 1:3, 4, 6, 7, 11).

[15:4]  ¹² tn Or “you reside.”

[17:20]  ¹³ tn Or “I do not pray.”

[17:20]  ¹⁴ tn Although πιστευόντων (pisteuontwn) is a present participle, it must in context carry futuristic force. The disciples whom Jesus is leaving behind will carry on his ministry and in doing so will see others come to trust in him. This will include not only Jewish Christians, but other Gentile Christians who are “not of this fold” (10:16), and thus Jesus’ prayer for unity is especially appropriate in light of the probability that most of the readers of the Gospel are Gentiles (much as Paul stresses unity between Jewish and Gentile Christians in Eph 2:10-22).

[17:20]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “their word.”

[17:21]  ¹⁶ tn The words “I pray” are repeated from the first part of v. 20 for clarity.

[17:22]  ¹⁷ tn Grk And the glory.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.

[17:23]  ¹⁸ tn Or “completely unified.”