Imamat 26:41

26:41 (and I myself will walk in hostility against them and bring them into the land of their enemies), and ¹  then their uncircumcised hearts become humbled and they make up for ²  their iniquity,

Yesaya 45:25

45:25 All the descendants of Israel will be vindicated by the Lord

and will boast in him. ³ 

Daniel 12:3

12:3 But the wise will shine

like the brightness of the heavenly expanse.

And those bringing many to righteousness

will be like the stars forever and ever.

Daniel 12:1

12:1 “At that time Michael,

the great prince who watches over your people, ⁴ 

will arise. ⁵ 

There will be a time of distress

unlike any other from the nation’s beginning ⁶ 

up to that time.

But at that time your own people,

all those whose names are ⁷  found written in the book,

will escape.

Yohanes 1:7

1:7 He came as a witness ⁸  to testify ⁹  about the light, so that everyone ¹⁰  might believe through him.

[26:41]  ¹ tn Heb “or then,” although the LXX has “then” and the Syriac “and then.”

[26:41]  ² tn Heb “and then they make up for.” On the verb “make up for” see the note on v. 34 above.

[45:25]  ³ tn Heb “In the Lord all the offspring of Israel will be vindicated and boast.”

[12:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “stands over the sons of your people.”

[12:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “will stand up.”

[12:1]  ⁶ tn Or “from the beginning of a nation.”

[12:1]  ⁷ tn The words “whose names are” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.

[1:7]  ⁸ tn Grk “came for a testimony.”

[1:7]  sn Witness is also one of the major themes of John’s Gospel. The Greek verb μαρτυρέω (marturew) occurs 33 times (compare to once in Matthew, once in Luke, 0 in Mark) and the noun μαρτυρία (marturia) 14 times (0 in Matthew, once in Luke, 3 times in Mark).

[1:7]  ⁹ tn Or “to bear witness.”

[1:7]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “all.”