Yohanes 12:42

12:42 Nevertheless, even among the rulers ¹  many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees ²  they would not confess Jesus to be the Christ, ³  so that they would not be put out of ⁴  the synagogue. ⁵ 

Yohanes 12:47

12:47 If anyone ⁶  hears my words and does not obey them, ⁷  I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world. ⁸ 

[12:42]  ¹ sn The term rulers here denotes members of the Sanhedrin, the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews. Note the same word (“ruler”) is used to describe Nicodemus in 3:1.

[12:42]  ² sn See the note on Pharisees in 1:24.

[12:42]  ³ tn The words “Jesus to be the Christ” are not in the Greek text, but are implied (see 9:22). As is often the case in Greek, the direct object is omitted for the verb ὡμολόγουν (Jwmologoun). Some translators supply an ambiguous “it,” or derive the implied direct object from the previous clause “believed in him” so that the rulers would not confess “their faith” or “their belief.” However, when one compares John 9:22, which has many verbal parallels to this verse, it seems clear that the content of the confession would have been “Jesus is the Christ (i.e., Messiah).”

[12:42]  sn See the note on Christ in 1:20.

[12:42]  ⁴ tn Or “be expelled from.”

[12:42]  ⁵ sn Compare John 9:22. See the note on synagogue in 6:59.

[12:47]  ⁶ tn Grk “And if anyone”; the conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has been left untranslated here for improved English style.

[12:47]  ⁷ tn Or “guard them,” “keep them.”

[12:47]  ⁸ sn Cf. John 3:17.