Yohanes 4:14

4:14 But whoever drinks some of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again, ¹  but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain ²  of water springing up ³  to eternal life.”

Yohanes 4:46

Healing the Royal Official’s Son

4:46 Now he came again to Cana ⁴  in Galilee where he had made the water wine. ⁵  In ⁶  Capernaum ⁷  there was a certain royal official ⁸  whose son was sick.

Yohanes 5:7

5:7 The sick man answered him, “Sir, ⁹  I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get into the water, ¹⁰  someone else ¹¹  goes down there ¹²  before me.”

[4:14]  ¹ tn Grk “will never be thirsty forever.” The possibility of a later thirst is emphatically denied.

[4:14]  ² tn Or “well.” “Fountain” is used as the translation for πηγή (phgh) here since the idea is that of an artesian well that flows freely, but the term “artesian well” is not common in contemporary English.

[4:14]  ³ tn The verb ἁλλομένου (Jallomenou) is used of quick movement (like jumping) on the part of living beings. This is the only instance of its being applied to the action of water. However, in the LXX it is used to describe the “Spirit of God” as it falls on Samson and Saul. See Judg 14:6, 19; 15:14; 1 Kgdms 10:2, 10 LXX (= 1 Sam 10:6, 10 ET); and Isa 35:6 (note context).

[4:46]  ⁴ map For location see Map1 C3; Map2 D2; Map3 C5.

[4:46]  ⁵ sn See John 2:1-11.

[4:46]  ⁶ tn Grk “And in.”

[4:46]  ⁷ sn Capernaum was a town on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, 680 ft (204 m) below sea level. It was a major trade and economic center in the North Galilean region.

[4:46]  map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 C3; Map3 B2.

[4:46]  ⁸ tn Although βασιλικός (basiliko") has often been translated “nobleman” it is almost certainly refers here to a servant of Herod, tetrarch of Galilee (who in the NT is called a king, Matt 14:9, Mark 6:14-29). Capernaum was a border town, so doubtless there were many administrative officials in residence there.

[5:7]  ⁹ tn Or “Lord.” The Greek κύριος (kurios) means both “Sir” and “Lord.” In this passage the paralytic who was healed by Jesus never acknowledges Jesus as Lord – he rather reports Jesus to the authorities.

[5:7]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “while I am going.”

[5:7]  ¹¹ tn Grk “another.”

[5:7]  ¹² tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text but is implied.