Yohanes 3:34

3:34 For the one whom God has sent ¹  speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly. ² 

Yohanes 5:36-37

5:36 “But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds ³  that the Father has assigned me to complete – the deeds ⁴  I am now doing – testify about me that the Father has sent me. 5:37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified about me. You people ⁵  have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time, ⁶ 

Yohanes 10:36

10:36 do you say about the one whom the Father set apart ⁷  and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?

[3:34]  ¹ tn That is, Christ.

[3:34]  ² tn Grk “for not by measure does he give the Spirit” (an idiom). Leviticus Rabbah 15:2 states: “The Holy Spirit rested on the prophets by measure.” Jesus is contrasted to this. The Spirit rests upon him without measure.

[5:36]  ³ tn Or “works.”

[5:36]  ⁴ tn Grk “complete, which I am now doing”; the referent of the relative pronoun has been specified by repeating “deeds” from the previous clause.

[5:37]  ⁵ tn The word “people” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied to clarify that the following verbs (“heard,” “seen,” “have residing,” “do not believe”) are second person plural.

[5:37]  ⁶ sn You people have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time. Compare Deut 4:12. Also see Deut 5:24 ff., where the Israelites begged to hear the voice no longer – their request (ironically) has by this time been granted. How ironic this would be if the feast is Pentecost, where by the 1st century a.d. the giving of the law at Sinai was being celebrated.

[10:36]  ⁷ tn Or “dedicated.”