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Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object.
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ULTIf you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
USTSince you now know that you should humbly serve each other, God will bless you if you do so.
BSBIf you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
BLBIf you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
AICNTIf you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
OEBNow that you know these things, happy are you if you do them.
WEBBEIf you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
WymthIf you know all this, blessed are you if you act accordingly.
ASVIf ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them.
DRAIf you know these things, you shall be blessed if you do them.
YLTif these things ye have known, happy are ye, if ye may do them;
DrbyIf ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them.
RVIf ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them.
WbstrIf ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
KJB-1769 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. ( If ye/you_all know these things, happy are ye/you_all if ye/you_all do them.)
KJB-1611If yee know these things, happy are ye if ye doe them. (If ye/you_all know these things, happy are ye/you_all if ye/you_all do them.)
BshpsYf ye knowe these thynges, happy are ye, yf ye do them. (If ye/you_all know these things, happy are ye/you_all, if ye/you_all do them.)
GnvaIf ye know these things, blessed are ye, if ye doe them. (If ye/you_all know these things, blessed are ye/you_all, if ye/you_all do them. )
CvdlYf ye knowe these thinges, blessed are ye yf ye do them. (If ye/you_all know these things, blessed are ye/you_all if ye/you_all do them.)
TNTIf ye vnderstonde these thinges happy are ye yf ye do them. (If ye/you_all understood these things happy are ye/you_all if ye/you_all do them. )
WycIf ye witen these thingis, ye schulen be blessid, if ye doen hem. (If ye/you_all perceive these things, ye/you_all should be blessid, if ye/you_all doen them.)
LuthSo ihr solches wisset, selig seid ihr, so ihr‘s tut. (So you/their/her such wisset, selig seid ihr, so ihr‘s tut.)
13:1-38 The setting is Jesus’ final Passover meal on Thursday evening, when Judas Iscariot betrays Jesus. John does not record the meal itself as the synoptic Gospels do (Matt 26:17-29; Mark 14:12-25; Luke 22:7-20; see also 1 Cor 11:23-26). John emphasizes other activities at the event, such as the foot washing (John 13:1-17), Judas’s betrayal (13:18-30), and the prediction of Peter’s denials (13:31-38).
Jesus is speaking as if this were a hypothetical possibility, but he means that it is actually true. If your language does not state something as a condition if it is certain or true, and if your readers might think that what Jesus is saying is not certain, then you could translate his words as an affirmative statement. Alternate translation: “If you know these things, which you do,”
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you must state who did the action, Jesus implies that God did it. See the UST.
On the Thursday before he was crucified, Jesus had arranged to share the Passover meal with his disciples in an upper room, traditionally thought to be located in the Essene Quarter of Jerusalem. After they finished the meal, they went to the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus often met with his disciples. There Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’ own disciples, betrayed him to soldiers sent from the High Priest, and they took Jesus to the High Priest’s residence. In the morning the leading priests and teachers of the law put Jesus on trial and found him guilty of blasphemy. The council sent Jesus to stand trial for treason before the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, who resided at the Praetorium while in Jerusalem. The Praetorium was likely located at the former residence of Herod the Great, who had died over 30 years earlier. When Pilate learned that Jesus was from Galilee, he sent him to Herod Antipas, who had jurisdiction over Galilee. But when Jesus gave no answer to Herod’s many questions, Herod and his soldiers sent him back to Pilate, who conceded to the people’s demands that Jesus be crucified. Jesus was forced to carry his cross out of the city gate to Golgotha, meaning Skull Hill, referring to what may have been a small unquarried hill in the middle of an old quarry just outside the gate. After Jesus was unable to carry his cross any further, a man named Simon from Cyrene was forced to carry it for him. There at Golgotha they crucified Jesus. After Jesus died, his body was hurriedly taken down before nightfall and placed in a newly cut, rock tomb owned by Joseph of Arimathea, a member of the Jewish high council. This tomb was likely located at the perimeter of the old quarry.
