Mazmur 118:26

118:26 May the one who comes in the name of the Lord ¹  be blessed!

We will pronounce blessings on you ²  in the Lord’s temple. ³ 

Yohanes 11:27

11:27 She replied, ⁴  “Yes, Lord, I believe ⁵  that you are the Christ, ⁶  the Son of God who comes into the world.” ⁷ 

Ibrani 10:37

10:37 For just a little longer ⁸  and he who is coming will arrive and not delay. ⁹ 

¹ sn The people refer here to the psalmist, who enters the Lord’s temple to thank him publicly (see vv. 19-21), as the one who comes in the name of the Lord.

² tn The pronominal suffix is second masculine plural, but the final mem (ם) is probably dittographic (note the mem [מ] at the beginning of the following form) or enclitic, in which case the suffix may be taken as second masculine singular, referring to the psalmist.

³ tn Heb “from the house of the Lord.”

⁴ tn Grk “She said to him.”

⁵ tn The perfect tense in Greek is often used to emphasize the results or present state of a past action. Such is the case here. To emphasize this nuance the perfect tense verb πεπίστευκα (pepisteuka) has been translated as a present tense. This is in keeping with the present context, where Jesus asks of her present state of belief in v. 26, and the theology of the Gospel as a whole, which emphasizes the continuing effects and present reality of faith. For discussion on this use of the perfect tense, see ExSyn 574-76 and B. M. Fanning, Verbal Aspect, 291-97.

⁶ tn Or “the Messiah” (Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “one who has been anointed”).

sn See the note on Christ in 1:20.

⁷ tn Or “the Son of God, the one who comes into the world.”

⁸ sn A quotation from Isa 26:20.

⁹ sn A quotation from Hab 2:3.