*John 1:4 Or and nothing that was created was created except through him. The Word gave life to everything.

*John 1:5 Or and the darkness has not understood it.

*John 1:6 Greek a man named John.

*John 1:14a Greek became flesh.

*John 1:14b Or grace and truth; also in 1:17.

*John 1:16 Or received the grace of Christ rather than the grace of the law; Greek reads received grace upon grace.

*John 1:18 Some manuscripts read But the one and only Son.

*John 1:19 Greek and Levites.

*John 1:21 Greek Are you the Prophet? See Deut 18:15, 18; Mal 4:5-6.

*John 1:26 Or in; also in 1:31, 33.

*John 1:34 Some manuscripts read the Son of God.

*John 1:41 Messiah (a Hebrew term) and Christ (a Greek term) both mean “anointed one.”

*John 1:42 The names Cephas (from Aramaic) and Peter (from Greek) both mean “rock.”

*John 1:45 Greek Moses in the law.

*John 1:51 Greek going up and down on the Son of Man; see Gen 28:10-17. “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.