John 12:28-30 New English Translation
28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven,[a] “I have glorified it,[b] and I will glorify it[c] again.” 29 The crowd that stood there and heard the voice[d] said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to him.[e] 30 Jesus said,[f] “This voice has not come for my benefit[g] but for yours.
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- John 12:28 tn Or “from the sky” (see note on 1:32).
- John 12:28 tn “It” is not in the Greek text. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
- John 12:28 tn “It” is not in the Greek text. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
- John 12:29 tn “The voice” is not in the Greek text. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
- John 12:29 tn Grk “Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.” The direct discourse in the second half of v. 29 was converted to indirect discourse in the translation to maintain the parallelism with the first half of the verse, which is better in keeping with English style.
- John 12:30 tn Grk “Jesus answered and said.”
- John 12:30 tn Or “for my sake.”
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