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John 12:34
New English Translation
John 12:34
New English Translation
34 Then the crowd responded,[a] “We have heard from the law that the Christ[b] will remain forever.[c] How[d] can you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”
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- John 12:34 tn Grk “Then the crowd answered him.”
- John 12:34 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.
- John 12:34 tn Probably an allusion to Ps 89:35-37. It is difficult to pinpoint the passage in the Mosaic law to which the crowd refers. The ones most often suggested are Pss 89:36-37; 110:4, Isa 9:7, Ezek 37:25, and Dan 7:14. None of these passages are in the Pentateuch per se, but “law” could in common usage refer to the entire OT (compare Jesus’ use in John 10:34). Of the passages mentioned, Ps 89:36-37 is the most likely candidate. This verse speaks of David’s “seed” remaining forever. Later in the same psalm, v. 51 speaks of the “anointed” (Messiah), and the psalm was interpreted messianically in both the NT (Acts 13:22, Rev 1:5; 3:14) and in the rabbinic literature (Genesis Rabbah 97).
- John 12:34 tn Grk “And how”; the conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has been left untranslated here for improved English style.
John 12:34
New International Version
John 12:34
New International Version
34 The crowd spoke up, “We have heard from the Law(A) that the Messiah will remain forever,(B) so how can you say, ‘The Son of Man(C) must be lifted up’?(D) Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”
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