John 16:30-32

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. John 16:30 tn Grk “all things.”
2. John 16:30 tn Grk “and have no need of anyone.”
3. John 16:30 tn The word “anything” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
4. John 16:30 tn Or “By this.”
5. John 16:31 tn Grk “Jesus answered them.”
6. John 16:32 tn Grk “an hour.”
7. John 16:32 tn Grk “each one to his own”; the word “home” is not in the Greek text but is implied. The phrase “each one to his own” may be completed in a number of different ways: “each one to his own property”; “each one to his own family”; or “each one to his own home.” The last option seems to fit most easily into the context and so is used in the translation.
8. John 16:32 sn The proof of Jesus’ negative evaluation of the disciples’ faith is now given: Jesus foretells their abandonment of him at his arrest, trials, and crucifixion (I will be left alone). This parallels the synoptic accounts in Matt 26:31 and Mark 14:27 when Jesus, after the last supper and on the way to Gethsemane, foretold the desertion of the disciples as a fulfillment of Zech 13:7: “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.” Yet although the disciples would abandon Jesus, he reaffirmed that he was not alone, because the Father was still with him.
9. John 16:32 tn Grk “And” (but with some contrastive force).
10. John 16:32 tn Grk “the Father.”