Yohanes 4:16

4:16 He ¹  said to her, “Go call your husband and come back here.” ² 

Yohanes 4:26

4:26 Jesus said to her, “I, the one speaking to you, am he.”

Yohanes 8:4

8:4 and said to Jesus, ³  “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery.

Yohanes 11:23

11:23 Jesus replied, ⁴  “Your brother will come back to life again.” ⁵ 

[4:16]  ¹ tc Most witnesses have “Jesus” here, either with the article (א^c C² D L W^s Ψ 086 Ï lat) or without (א* A Θ Ë^1,13 al), while several important and early witnesses lack the name (Ì^66,75 B C* 33^vid pc). It is unlikely that scribes would have deliberately expunged the name of Jesus from the text here, especially since it aids the reader with the flow of the dialogue. Further, that the name occurs both anarthrously and with the article suggests that it was a later addition. (For similar arguments, see the tc note on “woman” in 4:11).

[4:16]  ² tn Grk “come here” (“back” is implied).

[8:4]  ³ tn Grk “to him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:23]  ⁴ tn Grk “Jesus said to her.”

[11:23]  ⁵ tn Or “Your brother will rise again.”

[11:23]  sn Jesus’ remark to Martha that Lazarus would come back to life again is another example of the misunderstood statement. Martha apparently took it as a customary statement of consolation and joined Jesus in professing belief in the general resurrection of the body at the end of the age. However, as Jesus went on to point out in 11:25-26, Martha’s general understanding of the resurrection at the last day was inadequate for the present situation, for the gift of life that conquers death was a present reality to Jesus. This is consistent with the author’s perspective on eternal life in the Fourth Gospel: It is not only a future reality, but something to be experienced in the present as well. It is also consistent with the so-called “realized eschatology” of the Fourth Gospel.