Yohanes 5:15

5:15 The man went away and informed the Jewish leaders ¹  that Jesus was the one who had made him well.

Yohanes 7:11

7:11 So the Jewish leaders ²  were looking for him at the feast, asking, “Where is he?” ³ 

Yohanes 8:30

8:30 While he was saying these things, many people ⁴  believed in him.

Yohanes 10:19

10:19 Another sharp division took place among the Jewish people ⁵  because of these words.

Yohanes 11:36

11:36 Thus the people who had come to mourn ⁶  said, “Look how much he loved him!”

[5:15]  ¹ tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” See the note on the phrase “Jewish leaders” in v. 10.

[7:11]  ² tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” Here the phrase refers to the Jewish authorities or leaders who were Jesus’ primary opponents. See the note on the phrase “the Jewish leaders” in v. 1.

[7:11]  ³ tn Grk “Where is that one?”

[8:30]  ⁴ tn The word “people” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied for clarity and smoothness in the translation.

[10:19]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps “the Jewish religious leaders”; Grk “the Jews.” In NT usage the term ᾿Ιουδαῖοι (Ioudaioi) may refer to the entire Jewish people, the residents of Jerusalem and surrounding territory, the authorities in Jerusalem, or merely those who were hostile to Jesus. (For further information see R. G. Bratcher, “‘The Jews’ in the Gospel of John,” BT 26 [1975]: 401-9.) Here the phrase could be taken to refer to the Jewish religious leaders, since the Pharisees were the last to be mentioned specifically by name, in John 9:40. However, in light of the charge about demon possession, which echoes 8:48, it is more likely that Jewish people in general (perhaps in Jerusalem, if that is understood to be the setting of the incident) are in view here.

[11:36]  ⁶ tn Or “the Judeans”; Grk “the Jews.” Here the phrase refers to the friends, acquaintances, and relatives of Lazarus or his sisters who had come to mourn, since the Jewish religious authorities are specifically mentioned as a separate group in John 11:46-47. See also the notes on the phrase “the Jewish leaders” in v. 8 and “the Jewish people of the region” in v. 19, as well as the notes on the word “people” in vv. 31, 33.