Yohanes 1:35

1:35 Again the next day John ¹  was standing there ²  with two of his disciples.

Yohanes 7:20

7:20 The crowd ³  answered, “You’re possessed by a demon! ⁴  Who is trying to kill you?” ⁵ 

Yohanes 8:27

8:27 (They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.) ⁶ 

[1:35]  ¹ sn John refers to John the Baptist.

[1:35]  ² tn “There” is not in the Greek text but is implied by current English idiom.

[7:20]  ³ tn Or “The common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities mentioned in 7:15).

[7:20]  ⁴ tn Grk “You have a demon!”

[7:20]  ⁵ tn Grk “Who is seeking to kill you?”

[7:20]  sn Who is trying to kill you? Many of the crowd (if they had come in from surrounding regions for the feast) probably were ignorant of any plot. The plot was on the part of the Jewish leaders. Note how carefully John distinguishes between the leadership and the general populace in their respective responses to Jesus.

[8:27]  ⁶ sn They did not understand…about his Father is a parenthetical note by the author. This type of comment, intended for the benefit of the reader, is typical of the “omniscient author” convention adopted by the author, who is writing from a postresurrection point of view. He writes with the benefit of later knowledge that those who originally heard Jesus’ words would not have had.