Yohanes 7:12

7:12 There was ¹  a lot of grumbling ²  about him among the crowds. ³  Some were saying, “He is a good man,” but others, “He deceives the common people.” ⁴ 

Yohanes 7:49

7:49 But this rabble ⁵  who do not know the law are accursed!”

Yohanes 11:19

11:19 so many of the Jewish people of the region ⁶  had come to Martha and Mary to console them ⁷  over the loss of their brother.) ⁸ 

[7:12]  ¹ tn Grk “And there was.”

[7:12]  ² tn Or “complaining.”

[7:12]  ³ tn Or “among the common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities mentioned in the previous verse).

[7:12]  ⁴ tn Or “the crowd.”

[7:49]  ⁵ tn Grk “crowd.” “Rabble” is a good translation here because the remark by the Pharisees is so derogatory.

[11:19]  ⁶ tn Or “many of the Judeans” (cf. BDAG 479 s.v. ᾿Ιουδαῖος 2.e); Grk “many of the Jews.” Here the phrase refers to the residents of Jerusalem and the surrounding area in general (those who had been friends or relatives of Lazarus or his sisters would mainly be in view) since the Jewish religious authorities (“the chief priests and the Pharisees”) are specifically mentioned as a separate group in John 11:46-47. See also the note on the phrase “the Jewish leaders” in v. 8.

[11:19]  ⁷ tn Or “to comfort them” or “to offer them sympathy.”

[11:19]  ⁸ tn Grk “to comfort them concerning their brother”; the words “loss of” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

[11:19]  sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.