John 1:14

1:14 Now ¹  the Word became flesh ²  and took up residence ³  among us. We ⁴  saw his glory – the glory of the one and only, ⁵  full of grace and truth, who came from the Father.

John 6:27

6:27 Do not work for the food that disappears, ⁶  but for the food that remains to eternal life – the food ⁷  which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.” ⁸ 

John 8:28

8:28 Then Jesus said, ⁹  “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, ¹⁰  and I do nothing on my own initiative, ¹¹  but I speak just what the Father taught me. ¹² 

John 10:33

10:33 The Jewish leaders ¹³  replied, ¹⁴  “We are not going to stone you for a good deed ¹⁵  but for blasphemy, ¹⁶  because ¹⁷  you, a man, are claiming to be God.” ¹⁸ 

[1:14]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic, the incarnation of the Word. Greek style often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” but English style generally does not.

[1:14]  ² tn This looks at the Word incarnate in humility and weakness; the word σάρξ (sarx) does not carry overtones of sinfulness here as it frequently does in Pauline usage. See also John 3:6.

[1:14]  ³ tn Grk “and tabernacled.”

[1:14]  ⁴ tn Grk “and we saw.”

[1:14]  ⁵ tn Or “of the unique one.” Although this word is often translated “only begotten,” such a translation is misleading, since in English it appears to express a metaphysical relationship. The word in Greek was used of an only child (a son [Luke 7:12, 9:38] or a daughter [Luke 8:42]). It was also used of something unique (only one of its kind) such as the mythological Phoenix (1 Clem. 25:2). From here it passes easily to a description of Isaac (Heb 11:17 and Josephus, Ant., 1.13.1 [1.222]) who was not Abraham’s only son, but was one-of-a-kind because he was the child of the promise. Thus the word means “one-of-a-kind” and is reserved for Jesus in the Johannine literature of the NT. While all Christians are children of God, Jesus is God’s Son in a unique, one-of-a-kind sense. The word is used in this way in all its uses in the Gospel of John (1:14, 1:18, 3:16, and 3:18).

[6:27]  ⁶ tn Or “perishes” (this might refer to spoiling, but is more focused on the temporary nature of this kind of food).

[6:27]  ⁷ tn The referent (the food) has been specified for clarity by repeating the word “food” from the previous clause.

[6:27]  ⁸ tn Grk “on this one.”

[8:28]  ⁹ tn Grk “Then Jesus said to them” (the words “to them” are not found in all mss).

[8:28]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “that I am.” See the note on this phrase in v. 24.

[8:28]  ¹¹ tn Grk “I do nothing from myself.”

[8:28]  ¹² tn Grk “but just as the Father taught me, these things I speak.”

[10:33]  ¹³ tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” Here again the phrase refers to the Jewish leaders. See the notes on the phrase “Jewish people” in v. 19 and “Jewish leaders” in vv. 24, 31.

[10:33]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “answered him.”

[10:33]  ¹⁵ tn Or “good work.”

[10:33]  ¹⁶ sn This is the first time the official charge of blasphemy is voiced openly in the Fourth Gospel (although it was implicit in John 8:59).

[10:33]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “and because.”

[10:33]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “you, a man, make yourself to be God.”