Footnotes

1. John 5:30 tn Grk “nothing from myself.”
2. John 5:30 tn Or “righteous,” or “proper.”
3. John 5:30 tn That is, “the will of the Father who sent me.”
4. John 5:32 sn To whom does another refer? To John the Baptist or to the Father? In the nearer context, v. 33, it would seem to be John the Baptist. But v. 34 seems to indicate that Jesus does not receive testimony from men. Probably it is better to view v. 32 as identical to v. 37, with the comments about the Baptist as a parenthetical digression.
5. John 5:33 sn John refers to John the Baptist.
6. John 5:34 tn Or “I do not receive.”
7. John 5:35 sn He was a lamp that was burning and shining. Sir 48:1 states that the word of Elijah “burned like a torch.” Because of the connection of John the Baptist with Elijah (see John 1:21 and the note on John’s reply, “I am not”), it was natural for Jesus to apply this description to John.
8. John 5:35 tn Grk “for an hour.”