Yohanes 1:24

1:24 (Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. ¹ ) ² 

Yohanes 15:15

15:15 I no longer call you slaves, ³  because the slave does not understand ⁴  what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything ⁵  I heard ⁶  from my Father.

[1:24]  ¹ sn Pharisees were members of one of the most important and influential religious and political parties of Judaism in the time of Jesus. There were more Pharisees than Sadducees (according to Josephus, Ant. 17.2.4 [17.42] there were more than 6,000 Pharisees at about this time). Pharisees differed with Sadducees on certain doctrines and patterns of behavior. The Pharisees were strict and zealous adherents to the laws of the OT and to numerous additional traditions such as angels and bodily resurrection.

[1:24]  ² sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

[15:15]  ³ tn See the note on the word “slaves” in 4:51.

[15:15]  ⁴ tn Or “does not know.”

[15:15]  ⁵ tn Grk “all things.”

[15:15]  ⁶ tn Or “learned.”