Yohanes 1:8

1:8 He himself was not the light, but he came to testify ¹  about the light.

Yohanes 1:7

1:7 He came as a witness ²  to testify ³  about the light, so that everyone ⁴  might believe through him.

Yohanes 12:36

12:36 While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light.” ⁵  When Jesus had said these things, he went away and hid himself from them.

[1:8]  ¹ tn Or “to bear witness.”

[1:7]  ² tn Grk “came for a testimony.”

[1:7]  sn Witness is also one of the major themes of John’s Gospel. The Greek verb μαρτυρέω (marturew) occurs 33 times (compare to once in Matthew, once in Luke, 0 in Mark) and the noun μαρτυρία (marturia) 14 times (0 in Matthew, once in Luke, 3 times in Mark).

[1:7]  ³ tn Or “to bear witness.”

[1:7]  ⁴ tn Grk “all.”

[12:36]  ⁵ tn The idiom “sons of light” means essentially “people characterized by light,” that is, “people of God.”

[12:36]  sn The expression sons of light refers to men and women to whom the truth of God has been revealed and who are therefore living according to that truth, thus, “people of God.”