Yohanes 1:49

1:49 Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king ¹  of Israel!” ² 

Yohanes 4:49

4:49 “Sir,” the official said to him, “come down before my child dies.”

Yohanes 6:59

Many Followers Depart

6:59 Jesus ³  said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue ⁴  in Capernaum. ⁵ 

Yohanes 16:6

16:6 Instead your hearts are filled with sadness ⁶  because I have said these things to you.

[1:49]  ¹ tn Although βασιλεύς (basileus) lacks the article it is definite due to contextual and syntactical considerations. See ExSyn 263.

[1:49]  ² sn Nathanael’s confession – You are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel – is best understood as a confession of Jesus’ messiahship. It has strong allusions to Ps 2:6-7, a well-known messianic psalm. What Nathanael’s exact understanding was at this point is hard to determine, but “son of God” was a designation for the Davidic king in the OT, and Nathanael parallels it with King of Israel here.

[6:59]  ³ tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) is specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:59]  ⁴ sn A synagogue was a place for Jewish prayer and worship, with recognized leadership (cf. Luke 8:41). Though the origin of the synagogue is not entirely clear, it seems to have arisen in the postexilic community during the intertestamental period. A town could establish a synagogue if there were at least ten men. In normative Judaism of the NT period, the OT scripture was read and discussed in the synagogue by the men who were present (see the Mishnah, m. Megillah 3-4; m. Berakhot 2).

[6:59]  ⁵ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 C3; Map3 B2.

[16:6]  ⁶ tn Or “distress” or “grief.”