(Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.)

Now six stone water jars were set there, in accordance with the ceremonial cleansing of the Jews, each holding two or three measures.

And he said to them, "Now draw [some] out and take [it] to the head steward. So they took [it].

Now when the head steward tasted the water which had become wine and did not know where it was from--but the servants who had drawn the water knew--the head steward summoned the bridegroom

and said to him, "{Everyone} serves the good wine first, and whenever they are drunk, the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!"

Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name [because they] saw his signs which he was doing.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees {whose name was} Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and they were coming and were being baptized.

Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

Now he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the piece of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

for you have had five husbands, and [the one] whom you have now is not your husband; this you have said truthfully!"

But an hour is coming--and now is [here]--when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for indeed the Father seeks such [people] [to be] his worshipers.

Now from that town many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman who testified, "He told me everything that I have done."

Now he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And [there] was at Capernaum a certain royal official whose son was sick.

Now [as] he was going down, his slaves met him, saying that his child was alive.

Now this [is] again a second sign Jesus performed [when he] came from Judea into Galilee.

Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool called in Aramaic Bethzatha, which has five porticoes.

And immediately the man became well and picked up his mat and began to walk. (Now it was the Sabbath on that day.)

But he answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I am working."

"Truly, truly I say to you, that an hour is coming--and now is [here]--when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and the ones who hear will live.

(Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.)

(Now he said this to test him, because he knew what he was going to do.)

Jesus said, "Make the people recline." (Now [there] was a lot of grass in the place.) So the men reclined, approximately five thousand [in] number.

Now [when] the people saw the sign that he performed, they began to say, "This one is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world!"

Now when evening came, his disciples went down to the sea.

Now this is the will of the one who sent me: that everyone whom he has given me, I would not lose [any] of them, but raise them up on the last day.

Now the Jews began to grumble about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven,"

and they were saying, "Is this one not Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

(Now he was speaking about Judas [son] of Simon Iscariot, because this one--one of the twelve--was going to betray him.)

Now the feast of the Jews--the [feast of] Tabernacles--was near.

{Now when the feast was already half over}, Jesus went to the temple [courts] and began to teach.

Now on the last day of the feast--the great [day]--Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and let him drink,

Now he said this concerning the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were about to receive. For the Spirit was not yet [given], because Jesus had not yet been glorified.)

Now early in the morning he came again to the temple [courts]. And all the people were coming, and he sat down [and] began to teach them.

Now the scribes and the Pharisees brought to him a woman caught in adultery. And standing her in [their] midst,

Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?"

(Now they were saying this to test him, so that they would have [an occasion] to bring charges against him.) But Jesus, bending down, began to write with [his] finger on the ground, taking no notice.

Now [when they] heard [it], being convicted by their conscience, they began to depart, one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone--and the woman who was in [their] midst.

But now you are seeking to kill me, a man who spoke to you the truth which I heard from God. This Abraham did not do.

The Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham and the prophets died, and you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death {forever}.'

(Now the day on which Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes was the Sabbath.)

And they asked them, saying, "Is this man your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?"

But how he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. Ask him! {He is a mature adult}; he will speak for himself!"

Then that man replied, "Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One [thing] I know--that [although I] was blind, now I see!"

Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now you say, 'We see,' your sin remains.

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

(Now it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

(Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.)

The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were seeking just now to stone you, and are you going there again?"

(Now Jesus had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was speaking about {real sleep}.)

(Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia.

Now Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet him, but Mary was sitting in the house.

Even now I know that whatever you ask God, God will grant you."

(Now Jesus has not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha went to meet him.)

Then Jesus, deeply moved within himself again, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone was lying on it.

(Now he did not say this from himself, but being high priest in that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,

Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the [surrounding] country before the Passover, so that they could purify themselves.

(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, they should report [it], in order that they could arrest him.)

(Now he said this not because {he was concerned} about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, he used to steal what was put into [it].)

Now a large crowd of Jews found out that he was there, and they came, not only because of Jesus, but so that they could see Lazarus also, whom he raised from the dead.

Now some Greeks were among those who had gone up in order to worship at the feast.

"Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, deliver me from this hour'? But for this [reason] I have come to this hour!

Now the crowd that stood [there] and heard [it] said {it had thundered}. Others were saying, "An angel has spoken to him!"

Now is the judgment of this world! Now the ruler of this world will be thrown out!

(Now he said this to indicate by what sort of death he was going to die.)

Now before the feast of Passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, [and] having loved [his] own in the world, loved them to the end.

Jesus answered and said to him, "What I am doing you do not understand now, but you will understand after these [things]."

From now [on] I am telling you before [it] happens, in order that when [it] happens you may believe that I am [he].

(Now no one of those reclining at table knew for what [reason] he said this to him.

Then, when he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him.

Children, yet a little [time] I am with you. You will seek me and just as I said to the Jews, "Where I am going you cannot come," now I say also to you.

Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus replied, "Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later."

Peter said to him, "Lord, why am I not able to follow you now? I will lay down my life for you!"

If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you know him and have seen him."

And now I have told you before [it] happens, so that when it happens, you may believe.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin. But now they do not have a valid excuse for their sin.

If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not have sin. But now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

But now I am going away to the one who sent me, and none of you is asking me, 'Where are you going?'

I still have many [things] to say to you, but you are not able to bear [them] now.

So you also are experiencing sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy from you.

Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

His disciples said, "Behold, now you are speaking {plainly} and are telling [us] no figurative saying!

Now we know that you know everything and do not {need for} anyone to ask you [questions]. By this we believe that you have come from God."

Jesus replied to them, "Now do you believe?

Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

And now, Father, you glorify me {at your side} with the glory that I had {at your side} before the world existed.

Now they understand that all [the things] that you have given me are from you,

And now I am coming to you, and I am saying these [things] in the world so that they may have my joy completed in themselves.

(Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, also knew about the place, because Jesus often gathered there with his disciples.)

They replied to him, "Jesus the Nazarene." He said to them, "I am [he]." (Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was also standing with them.)

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear. (Now the name of the slave was Malchus.)

(Now it was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it was better [that] one man die for the people.)

So Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. (Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest.)

(Now the slaves and the officers were standing there, having made a charcoal fire because it was cold, and they were warming themselves. And Peter was also standing there with them and warming himself.)

Now [when] he had said these [things], one of the officers who was standing by gave a slap in the face to Jesus, saying, "Do you reply to the high priest in this way?"

Now Simon Peter was standing there and warming himself. So they said to him, "You are not also [one] of his disciples, [are you]?" He denied [it] and said, "I am not!"

Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's residence. Now it was early, and they did not enter into the governor's residence so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover.

Jesus replied, "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews. But now my kingdom is not from here."

Then they shouted again, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" (Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.)

(Now it was the day of preparation of the Passover; it was about the sixth hour.) And he said to the Jews, "Behold your king!"