Yohanes 8:28

8:28 Then Jesus said, ¹  “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, ²  and I do nothing on my own initiative, ³  but I speak just what the Father taught me. ⁴ 

Yohanes 19:38

Jesus’ Burial

19:38 After this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus (but secretly, because he feared the Jewish leaders ⁵ ), ⁶  asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. Pilate ⁷  gave him permission, so he went and took the body away. ⁸ 

[8:28]  ¹ tn Grk “Then Jesus said to them” (the words “to them” are not found in all mss).

[8:28]  ² tn Grk “that I am.” See the note on this phrase in v. 24.

[8:28]  ³ tn Grk “I do nothing from myself.”

[8:28]  ⁴ tn Grk “but just as the Father taught me, these things I speak.”

[19:38]  ⁵ tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” Here the phrase refers to the Jewish leaders, especially the Pharisees (see John 12:42). See also the note on the phrase “Jewish leaders” in v. 7.

[19:38]  ⁶ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

[19:38]  ⁷ tn Grk “And Pilate.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.

[19:38]  ⁸ tn Grk “took away his body.”