John 7:40-42

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. John 7:40 tn Or “The common people” (as opposed to the religious authorities like the chief priests and Pharisees).
2. John 7:40 tn Or “truly.”
3. John 7:40 sn The Prophet is a reference to the “prophet like Moses” of Deut 18:15, by this time an eschatological figure in popular belief.
4. John 7:41 tn Or “the Messiah” (Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “one who has been anointed”).sn See the note on Christ in 1:20.
5. John 7:41 tn An initial negative reply (“No”) is suggested by the causal or explanatory γάρ (gar) which begins the clause.
6. John 7:41 tn Questions prefaced with μή (mē) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here the tag is “does he?”).
7. John 7:42 tn Grk “is from the seed” (an idiom for human descent).
8. John 7:42 sn An allusion to Ps 89:4.
9. John 7:42 sn An allusion to Mic 5:2.
10. John 7:42 tn Grk “the village where David was.”