Yohanes 5:18
Konteks5:18 For this reason the Jewish leaders 1 were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God.
Yohanes 8:58-59
Konteks8:58 Jesus said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth, 2 before Abraham came into existence, 3 I am!” 4 8:59 Then they picked up 5 stones to throw at him, 6 but Jesus hid himself and went out from the temple area. 7
[5:18] 1 tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” See the note on the phrase “Jewish leaders” in v. 10.
[8:58] 2 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”
[8:58] 3 tn Grk “before Abraham was.”
[8:58] 4 sn I am! is an explicit claim to deity. Although each occurrence of the phrase “I am” in the Fourth Gospel needs to be examined individually in context to see if an association with Exod 3:14 is present, it seems clear that this is the case here (as the response of the Jewish authorities in the following verse shows).
[8:59] 5 tn Grk “they took up.”
[8:59] 6 sn Jesus’ Jewish listeners understood his claim to deity, rejected it, and picked up stones to throw at him for what they considered blasphemy.
[8:59] 7 tc Most later witnesses (A Θc Ë1,13 Ï) have at the end of the verse “passing through their midst, he went away in this manner” (διελθὼν διὰ μέσου καὶ παρῆγεν οὕτως, dielqwn dia mesou kai parhgen {outw"), while many others have similar permutations (so א1,2 C L N Ψ 070 33 579 892 1241 al). The wording is similar to two other texts: Luke 4:30 (διελθὼν διὰ μέσου; in several
[8:59] tn Grk “from the temple.”
