John 8:33

8:33 “We are descendants ¹  of Abraham,” they replied, ²  “and have never been anyone’s slaves! How can you say, ³  ‘You will become free’?”

John 12:38

12:38 so that the word ⁴  of Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled. He said, ⁵  “Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord ⁶  been revealed?” ⁷ 

John 17:13

17:13 But now I am coming to you, and I am saying these things in the world, so they may experience ⁸  my joy completed ⁹  in themselves.

¹ tn Grk “We are the seed” (an idiom).

² tn Grk “They answered to him.”

³ tn Or “How is it that you say.”

⁴ tn Or “message.”

⁵ tn Grk “who said.”

⁶ tn “The arm of the Lord” is an idiom for “God’s great power” (as exemplified through Jesus’ miraculous signs). This response of unbelief is interpreted by the author as a fulfillment of the prophetic words of Isaiah (Isa 53:1). The phrase ὁ βραχίων κυρίου (Jo braciwn kuriou) is a figurative reference to God’s activity and power which has been revealed in the sign-miracles which Jesus has performed (compare the previous verse).

⁷ sn A quotation from Isa 53:1.

⁷ tn Grk “they may have.”

⁸ tn Or “fulfilled.”