Yohanes 1:31

1:31 I did not recognize ¹  him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel.” ² 

Yohanes 11:15

11:15 and I am glad ³  for your sake that I was not there, so that you may believe. ⁴  But let us go to him.”

Yohanes 5:43

5:43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept ⁵  me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept ⁶  him.

[1:31]  ¹ tn Or “know.”

[1:31]  ² sn John the Baptist, who has been so reluctant to elaborate his own role, now more than willingly gives his testimony about Jesus. For the author, the emphasis is totally on John the Baptist as a witness to Jesus. No attention is given to the Baptist’s call to national repentance and very little to his baptizing. Everything is focused on what he has to say about Jesus: so that he could be revealed to Israel.

[11:15]  ³ tn Grk “and I rejoice.”

[11:15]  ⁴ sn So that you may believe. Why does Jesus make this statement? It seems necessary to understand the disciples’ belief here in a developmental sense, because there are numerous references to the disciples’ faith previous to this in John’s Gospel, notably 2:11. Their concept of who Jesus really was is continually being expanded and challenged; they are undergoing spiritual growth; the climax is reached in the confession of Thomas in John 20:28.

[5:43]  ⁵ tn Or “you do not receive.”

[5:43]  ⁶ tn Or “you will receive.”