Yohanes 3:10

3:10 Jesus answered, ¹  “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don’t understand these things? ² 

Yohanes 21:16

21:16 Jesus ³  said ⁴  a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He replied, ⁵  “Yes, Lord, you know I love you.” Jesus ⁶  told him, “Shepherd my sheep.”

[3:10]  ¹ tn Grk “Jesus answered and said to him.”

[3:10]  ² sn Jesus’ question “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don’t understand these things?” implies that Nicodemus had enough information at his disposal from the OT scriptures to have understood Jesus’ statements about the necessity of being born from above by the regenerating work of the Spirit. Isa 44:3-5 and Ezek 37:9-10 are passages Nicodemus might have known which would have given him insight into Jesus’ words. Another significant passage which contains many of these concepts is Prov 30:4-5.

[21:16]  ³ tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:16]  ⁴ tn Grk “said again.” The word “again” (when used in connection with the phrase “a second time”) is redundant and has not been translated.

[21:16]  ⁵ tn Grk “He said to him.”

[21:16]  ⁶ tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.