Yohanes 7:31
Konteks7:31 Yet many of the crowd 1 believed in him and said, “Whenever the Christ 2 comes, he won’t perform more miraculous signs than this man did, will he?” 3
Yohanes 21:25
Konteks21:25 There are many other things that Jesus did. If every one of them were written down, 4 I suppose the whole world 5 would not have room for the books that would be written. 6
[7:31] 1 tn Or “The common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities).
[7:31] 2 tn Or “the Messiah” (Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “one who has been anointed”).
[7:31] sn See the note on Christ in 1:20.
[7:31] 3 tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here it is “will he?”).
[21:25] 4 tn Grk “written”; the word “down” is supplied in keeping with contemporary English idiom.
[21:25] 5 tn Grk “the world itself.”
[21:25] 6 tc Although the majority of
[21:25] sn The author concludes the Gospel with a note concerning his selectivity of material. He makes it plain that he has not attempted to write an exhaustive account of the words and works of Jesus, for if one attempted to do so, “the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.” This is clearly hyperbole, and as such bears some similarity to the conclusion of the Book of Ecclesiastes (12:9-12). As it turns out, the statement seems more true of the Fourth Gospel itself, which is the subject of an ever-lengthening bibliography. The statement in v. 25 serves as a final reminder that knowledge of Jesus, no matter how well-attested it may be, is still partial. Everything that Jesus did during his three and one-half years of earthly ministry is not known. This supports the major theme of the Fourth Gospel: Jesus is repeatedly identified as God, and although he may be truly known on the basis of his self-disclosure, he can never be known exhaustively. There is far more to know about Jesus than could ever be written down, or even known. On this appropriate note the Gospel of John ends.