YHN 20:30 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT Then Jesus also did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which have not been written in this book,

UST Now Jesus also did many other miraculous signs while his disciples were with him, but I did not write about them in this book.

BSB Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book.

BLB So indeed Jesus also did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book.

AICNT Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of {the}[fn] disciples, which are not written in this book;

20:30, the: SBLGNT ‖ Other manuscripts read “his.” NA28 THGNT

OEB ¶ There were many other signs of his mission that Jesus gave in presence of the disciples, which are not recorded in this book;

LSB Therefore many other signs Jesus also did in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;

WEBBE Therefore Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book;

WMBB Therefore Yeshua did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book;

NET Now Jesus performed many other miraculous signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not recorded in this book.

LSV Many indeed, therefore, other signs Jesus also did before His disciples that are not written in this scroll;

FBV Jesus did many other miraculous signs while he was with his disciples that are not recorded in this book.

TCNT Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of [fn]his disciples, which are not written in this book.

20:30 his ¦ the SBL WH

T4T We disciples saw Jesus perform many other miracles, but I have not written about them in this book.

LEB ¶ Now Jesus also performed many other signs in the presence of the disciples[fn] which are not recorded in this book,

20:30 Some manuscripts have “his disciples”

BBE A number of other signs Jesus did before his disciples which are not recorded in this book:

Moff Many another Sign did Jesus perform in presence of his disciples, which is not recorded in this book;

Wymth There were also a great number of other signs which Jesus performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not recorded in this book.

ASV Many other signs therefore did Jesus in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book:

DRA Many other signs also did Jesus in the sight of his disciples, which are not written in this book.

YLT Many indeed, therefore, other signs also did Jesus before his disciples, that are not written in this book;

Drby Many other signs therefore also Jesus did before his disciples, which are not written in this book;

RV Many other signs therefore did Jesus in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book:

SLT Then truly many other signs did Jesus also before his disciples, which are not written in this small book:

Wbstr And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book.

KJB-1769 ¶ And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:

KJB-1611 ¶ And many other signes truely did Iesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this booke:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps And many other signes truely dyd Iesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this booke.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Gnva And many other signes also did Iesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this booke.
(And many other signs also did Yesus/Yeshua in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. )

Cvdl Many other tokes dyd Iesus before his disciples, which are not wrytte in this boke.
(Many other tokes did Yesus/Yeshua before his disciples, which are not written in this book.)

TNT And many other signes dyd Iesus in the presence of his disciples which are not written in this boke.
(And many other signs did Yesus/Yeshua in the presence of his disciples which are not written in this book. )

Wycl And Jhesus dide many othere signes in the siyt of hise disciplis, whiche ben not writun in this book.
(And Yhesus did many other signs in the sight of his disciples, which been not written in this book.)

Luth Auch viel andere Zeichen tat JEsus vor seinen Jüngern, die nicht geschrieben sind in diesem Buch.
(Also many other/different sign did Yesus before/in_front_of his disciples, the not written are in this_one book.)

ClVg Multa quidem et alia signa fecit Jesus in conspectu discipulorum suorum, quæ non sunt scripta in libro hoc.
(Many indeed and other signs he_did Yesus in/into/on in_sight discipulorum of_his_own, which not/no are written in/into/on book hoc. )

UGNT πολλὰ μὲν οὖν καὶ ἄλλα σημεῖα ἐποίησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐνώπιον τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ, ἃ οὐκ ἔστιν γεγραμμένα ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τούτῳ;
(polla men oun kai alla saʸmeia epoiaʸsen ho Yaʸsous enōpion tōn mathaʸtōn autou, ha ouk estin gegrammena en tōi bibliōi toutōi;)

SBL-GNT Πολλὰ μὲν οὖν καὶ ἄλλα σημεῖα ἐποίησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐνώπιον τῶν ⸀μαθητῶν, ἃ οὐκ ἔστιν γεγραμμένα ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τούτῳ·
(Polla men oun kai alla saʸmeia epoiaʸsen ho Yaʸsous enōpion tōn ⸀mathaʸtōn, ha ouk estin gegrammena en tōi bibliōi toutōi;)

RP-GNT Πολλὰ μὲν οὖν καὶ ἄλλα σημεῖα ἐποίησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐνώπιον τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ, ἃ οὐκ ἔστιν γεγραμμένα ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τούτῳ.
(Polla men oun kai alla saʸmeia epoiaʸsen ho Yaʸsous enōpion tōn mathaʸtōn autou, ha ouk estin gegrammena en tōi bibliōi toutōi.)

TC-GNT Πολλὰ μὲν οὖν καὶ ἄλλα σημεῖα ἐποίησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐνώπιον τῶν μαθητῶν [fn]αὐτοῦ, ἃ οὐκ ἔστι γεγραμμένα ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τούτῳ.
(Polla men oun kai alla saʸmeia epoiaʸsen ho Yaʸsous enōpion tōn mathaʸtōn autou, ha ouk esti gegrammena en tōi bibliōi toutōi. )

20:30 αυτου ¦ — SBL WH

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 20:30–31: John wrote this book so that people would believe and have life

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

20:30a

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.

General Comment on 20:30a

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)

20:30b

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

General Comment on 20:30a–b

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.

Parallel YHN 20:30

Section 20:30–31: John wrote this book so that people would believe and have life

20:30a

General Comment on 20:30a

20:30b

General Comment on 20:30a–b