Yohanes 1:46

1:46 Nathanael ¹  replied, ²  “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” ³  Philip replied, ⁴  “Come and see.”

Yohanes 4:29

4:29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Surely he can’t be the Messiah, ⁵  can he?” ⁶ 

Yohanes 9:37

9:37 Jesus told him, “You have seen him; he ⁷  is the one speaking with you.” ⁸ 

Yohanes 11:40

11:40 Jesus responded, ⁹  “Didn’t I tell you that if you believe, you would see the glory of God?”

Yohanes 20:6

20:6 Then Simon Peter, who had been following him, arrived and went right into the tomb. He saw ¹⁰  the strips of linen cloth lying there,

Yohanes 20:8

20:8 Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, came in, and he saw and believed. ¹¹ 

[1:46]  ¹ tn Grk “And Nathanael.”

[1:46]  ² tn Grk “said to him.”

[1:46]  ³ sn Can anything good come out of Nazareth? may be a local proverb expressing jealousy among the towns.

[1:46]  map For location see Map1 D3; Map2 C2; Map3 D5; Map4 C1; Map5 G3.

[1:46]  ⁴ tn Grk “And Philip said to him.”

[4:29]  ⁵ tn Grk “the Christ” (both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “one who has been anointed”). Although the Greek text reads χριστός (cristos) here, it is more consistent based on 4:25 (where Μεσσίας [Messias] is the lead term and is qualified by χριστός) to translate χριστός as “Messiah” here.

[4:29]  ⁶ tn The use of μήτι (mhti) normally presupposes a negative answer. This should not be taken as an indication that the woman did not believe, however. It may well be an example of “reverse psychology,” designed to gain a hearing for her testimony among those whose doubts about her background would obviate her claims.

[9:37]  ⁷ tn Grk “that one.”

[9:37]  ⁸ tn The καί – καί (kai – kai) construction would normally be translated “both – and”: “You have both seen him, and he is the one speaking with you.” In this instance the English semicolon was used instead because it produces a smoother and more emphatic effect in English.

[11:40]  ⁹ tn Grk “Jesus said to her.”

[20:6]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “And he saw.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.

[20:8]  ¹¹ sn What was it that the beloved disciple believed (since v. 7 describes what he saw)? Sometimes it is suggested that what he believed was Mary Magdalene’s report that the body had been stolen. But this could hardly be the case; the way the entire scene is narrated such a trivial conclusion would amount to an anticlimax. It is true that the use of the plural “they” in the following verse applied to both Peter and the beloved disciple, and this appears to be a difficulty if one understands that the beloved disciple believed at this point in Jesus’ resurrection. But it is not an insuperable difficulty, since all it affirms is that at this time neither Peter nor the beloved disciple had understood the scripture concerning the resurrection. Thus it appears the author intends his reader to understand that when the beloved disciple entered the tomb after Peter and saw the state of the graveclothes, he believed in the resurrection, i.e., that Jesus had risen from the dead.