Yohanes 16:7

16:7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate ¹  will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.

Yohanes 17:8

17:8 because I have given them the words you have given me. They ²  accepted ³  them ⁴  and really ⁵  understand ⁶  that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.

Yohanes 17:21

17:21 that they will all be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. I pray ⁷  that they will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me.

[16:7]  ¹ tn Or “Helper” or “Counselor”; Grk “Paraclete,” from the Greek word παράκλητος (paraklhto"). See the note on the word “Advocate” in John 14:16 for a discussion of how this word is translated.

[17:8]  ² tn Grk And they.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.

[17:8]  ³ tn Or “received.”

[17:8]  ⁴ tn The word “them” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[17:8]  ⁵ tn Or “truly.”

[17:8]  ⁶ tn Or have come to know.”

[17:21]  ⁷ tn The words “I pray” are repeated from the first part of v. 20 for clarity.