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People tagged in the matching LV passage: Jesus Christ
Dictionary: Jesus
Used in these topics: The resurrection and ascension of Yeshua/Jesus · Yeshua/Jesus, divine and human
OET-LV Many therefore on_one_hand other signs the Yaʸsous also did before of_the apprentices/followers of_him, which is not having_been_written in the this scroll.
OET (OET-RV) Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) went on to do many other miracles in front of his apprentices which aren’t recorded in this account.
The author explained that he wrote about Jesus’ signs so that people would believe that he was God’s promised Savior. That way they would have life from him. This is the first conclusion of the gospel.
Here are other possible section headings:
Why John wrote his book
John wrote this book so that people would believe
The purpose of this book
Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples,
¶ Jesus also did many other miracles while his disciples were there watching.
¶ We followers also saw Jesus do many miracles
The Greek begins this verse with a conjunction that some versions translate as “Now.” Here it introduces the first conclusion to the book of John. The author told his purpose in writing this gospel. Introduce this purpose of the gospel in a way that is natural in your language.
Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples: This clause indicates that Jesus’ disciples saw him do many other signs. See the General Comment on 20:30a for ways to rearrange the information in this clause. Here are other ways to translate this clause:
Jesus did many other miracles in the presence of his followers. (NCV)
Many are the amazing signs that Jesus showed to his disciples (Kankanaey Back Translation)
many other signs: In this context the word other means “besides the ones described in this book.” The author only wrote about a few of Jesus’ miraculous’ signs.
signs: The Greek word that the BSB translates as signs refers to the healings and other miracles that Jesus did. These signs proved that he was the Messiah from God. See how you translated this word in 2:11, 23. For example:
miraculous signs (NIV)
miracles (CEV)
in the presence of His disciples: This phrase indicates that Jesus’ disciples saw him do many miracles. They were there with him. Here are other ways to translate this phrase:
when his disciples were present
while his followers were watching
His disciples: There is a textual issue here. Some Greek manuscripts have His disciples, and some Greek manuscripts have “the disciples.” The original text is uncertain.The UBS Greek text includes the word “his” in square brackets, giving it a C rating, indicating much uncertainty. Both expressions refer to the same group of people. So it is recommended that you use whichever is more natural in your language. See how you translated disciples in 20:10, 19.
In some languages it may be natural to rearrange the information in 20:30a. You may want to mention the disciples at the beginning of the sentence. For example:
In his disciples’ presence Jesus performed many other miracles. (GNT)
The disciples saw Jesus do many other miraculous signs. (NLT)
which are not written in this book.
Those miracles are not recorded/reported in this book.
that I did not write/include in this book.
which are not written in this book: Many of the miracles Jesus did were not written in this book, which refers to the Gospel of John. The verb phrase are not written is passive. Here are some ways to translate this clause:
Use a passive verb. For example:
which are not recorded in this book (NIV)
in addition to the ones recorded in this book (NLT)
Use an active verb. For example:
besides the ones I wrote about in this book
signs/miracles that this book does not record/report
this book: This phrase refers to the Gospel of John. It does not refer to the whole Bible or New Testament. Some of the other miracles that Jesus did are in fact recorded in the other gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke). It may help to make this clearer. For example:
this gospel
The author divided Jesus’ sign miracles into two groups:
1) those that he recorded in this gospel
2) other signs, those that he did not record
All the “other signs” (not just “many” of them) “are not written in this book.” After translating 20:30, check that the meaning is correct and will be understood by your readers. For example:
Jesus’ followers also saw him doing many signs that are not recorded in this book.
The disciples saw Jesus do many other miraculous signs in addition to the ones recorded in this book. (NLT)
Jesus did many other miracles when his disciples were present. They are not included in this book.
σημεῖα
signs
See how you translated the term signs in 2:11. See also the discussion of signs in Part 3 of the General Introduction to the Gospel of John. Alternate translation: [significant miracles]
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
ἃ οὐκ ἔστιν γεγραμμένα ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τούτῳ
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Πολλά μέν οὖν καί ἀλλά σημεῖα ἐποίησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐνώπιον τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ ἅ οὐκ ἐστίν γεγραμμένα ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τούτῳ)
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Since John wrote this Gospel, you should use the first person pronoun “I” to indicate who did the action. Alternate translation: [which I have not written in this book]
OET-LV Many therefore on_one_hand other signs the Yaʸsous also did before of_the apprentices/followers of_him, which is not having_been_written in the this scroll.
OET (OET-RV) Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) went on to do many other miracles in front of his apprentices which aren’t recorded in this account.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.
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