Yohanes 5:32

5:32 There is another ¹  who testifies about me, and I know the testimony he testifies about me is true.

Yohanes 6:61

6:61 When Jesus was aware ²  that his disciples were complaining ³  about this, he said to them, “Does this cause you to be offended? ⁴ 

Yohanes 7:16-17

7:16 So Jesus replied, ⁵  “My teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me. ⁶  7:17 If anyone wants to do God’s will, ⁷  he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority. ⁸ 

Yohanes 14:30

14:30 I will not speak with you much longer, ⁹  for the ruler of this world is coming. ¹⁰  He has no power over me, ¹¹ 

[5:32]  ¹ sn To whom does another refer? To John the Baptist or to the Father? In the nearer context, v. 33, it would seem to be John the Baptist. But v. 34 seems to indicate that Jesus does not receive testimony from men. Probably it is better to view v. 32 as identical to v. 37, with the comments about the Baptist as a parenthetical digression.

[6:61]  ² tn Grk “When Jesus knew within himself.”

[6:61]  ³ tn Or “were grumbling.”

[6:61]  ⁴ tn Or “Does this cause you to no longer believe?” (Grk “cause you to stumble?”)

[6:61]  sn Does this cause you to be offended? It became apparent to some of Jesus’ followers at this point that there would be a cost involved in following him. They had taken offense at some of Jesus’ teaching (perhaps the graphic imagery of “eating his flesh” and “drinking his blood,” and Jesus now warned them that if they thought this was a problem, there was an even worse cause for stumbling in store: his upcoming crucifixion (John 6:61b-62). Jesus asked, in effect, “Has what I just taught caused you to stumble? What will you do, then, if you see the Son of Man ascending where he was before?” This ascent is to be accomplished through the cross; for John, Jesus’ departure from this world and his return to the Father form one continual movement from cross to resurrection to ascension.

[7:16]  ⁵ tn Grk “So Jesus answered and said to them.”

[7:16]  ⁶ tn The phrase “the one who sent me” refers to God.

[7:17]  ⁷ tn Grk “his will.”

[7:17]  ⁸ tn Grk “or whether I speak from myself.”

[14:30]  ⁹ tn Grk “I will no longer speak many things with you.”

[14:30]  ¹⁰ sn The ruler of this world is a reference to Satan.

[14:30]  ¹¹ tn Grk “in me he has nothing.”