Yohanes 3:10

3:10 Jesus answered, ¹  “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don’t understand these things? ² 

Yohanes 5:13

5:13 But the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped out, since there was a crowd in that place.

Yohanes 7:13

7:13 However, no one spoke openly about him for fear of the Jewish leaders. ³ 

Yohanes 9:29

9:29 We know that God has spoken to Moses! We do not know where this man ⁴  comes from!”

Yohanes 10:6

10:6 Jesus told them this parable, ⁵  but they ⁶  did not understand ⁷  what he was saying to them.

[3:10]  ¹ tn Grk “Jesus answered and said to him.”

[3:10]  ² sn Jesus’ question “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don’t understand these things?” implies that Nicodemus had enough information at his disposal from the OT scriptures to have understood Jesus’ statements about the necessity of being born from above by the regenerating work of the Spirit. Isa 44:3-5 and Ezek 37:9-10 are passages Nicodemus might have known which would have given him insight into Jesus’ words. Another significant passage which contains many of these concepts is Prov 30:4-5.

[7:13]  ³ tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” Here the phrase refers to the Jewish authorities or leaders who were Jesus’ primary opponents. See also the note on the phrase “the Jewish leaders” in v. 1.

[9:29]  ⁴ tn Grk “where this one.”

[10:6]  ⁵ sn A parable is a fairly short narrative that has symbolic meaning. The Greek word παροιμίαν (paroimian) is used again in 16:25, 29. This term does not occur in the synoptic gospels, where παραβολή (parabolh) is used. Nevertheless it is similar, denoting a short narrative with figurative or symbolic meaning.

[10:6]  ⁶ tn Grk “these.”

[10:6]  ⁷ tn Or “comprehend.”