[1:25] 1 tn Grk “And they asked him, and said to him”; the referent (John) has been specified in the translation for clarity, and the phrase has been simplified in the translation to “So they asked John.”
[1:25] 2 tn Or “the Messiah” (Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “one who has been anointed”).
[1:25] sn See the note on Christ in 1:20.
[7:40] 3 tn Or “The common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities like the chief priests and Pharisees).
[7:40] 5 sn The Prophet is a reference to the “prophet like Moses” of Deut 18:15, by this time an eschatological figure in popular belief.