Now here is John's testimony. When the Jews of Jerusalem despatched priests and Levites to ask him, "Who are you?"

Now it was some of the Pharisees who had been sent to him;

Now I did see it, and I testify that he is the Son of God."

Now Jesus turned, and when he observed them coming after him, he asked them, "What do you want?" They replied, "Rabbi" (which may be translated, 'teacher'), "where are you staying?"

Now Philip belonged to Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter;

Now six stone water-jars were standing there, for the Jewish rites of 'purification,' each holding about twenty gallons.

Then he said, "Now draw some out, and take it to the manager of the feast." They did so;

and said to him, "Everybody serves the good wine first, and then the poorer wine after people have drunk freely; you have kept the good wine till now."

Now the Jewish passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who belonged to the Jewish authorities;

Now a dispute arose between John's disciples and a Jew over the question of 'purification';

Now when the Lord learned that the Pharisees had heard of Jesus gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

you have had five husbands, and he whom you have now espoused is not your husband. That was a true word."

Now our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, whereas you Jews declare the proper place for worship is at Jerusalem."

Now many Samaritans belonging to that town believed in him on account of the woman's testimony, "He told me everything I ever did."

Now in Jerusalem there is a bath beside the sheep-pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethzatha; it has five porticoes,

Now one man was there, whose illness had lasted thirty-eight years.

And instantly the man got well, lifted his mat, and started to walk. Now it was the sabbath on that day.

Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for (owing to the crowd on the spot) Jesus had slipped away.

Now Jesus went up the hill and sat down there with his disciples.

Jesus said, "Get the people to lie down." Now there was plenty of grass at the spot, so the men lay down, numbering about five thousand.

Now when the people saw the Sign he had performed, they said, "This really is the Prophet who is to come into the world!"

Now the Jews murmured at him for saying, "I am the bread which has come down from heaven."

They said, "Is this not Jesus the son of Joseph? We know his father and mother. How can he claim now, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

Now many of his disciples, on hearing it, said, "This is hard to take in! Who can listen to talk like this?"

Now the Jewish festival of booths was near,

Now on the last day, the great day, of the festival, Jesus stood and cried aloud, "If anyone is athirst, let him come to me and drink;

Now Moses has commanded us in the Law to stone such creatures; but what do you say?"

Now the slave does not remain in the household for all time; the son of the house does.

but now you want to kill me ??to kill a man who has told you the truth, the truth I have learned from God. Abraham did not do that.

The Jews said to him, "Now we are sure you are mad. Abraham is dead, and so are all the prophets; and you declare, 'If anyone holds to what I say, he will never taste death'!

Now it was on the sabbath day that Jesus had made clay and opened his eyes.

So the Pharisees asked him again how he had regained his sight, and he told them, "He smeared some clay on my eyes, and I washed them, and now I can see."

Now the Jews would not believe he had been born blind and had regained his sight, till they summoned the parents of the man who had regained his sight

and asked them, "Is this your son, the son you declare was born blind? How is it that he can see now?"

So the man born blind was summoned a second time, and told, "Now give God the praise; this man, we know quite well, is only a sinner."

To which he replied, "I do not know whether he is a sinner; one thing I do know, that once I was blind and now I can see."

Now there was a man ill, Lazarus of Bethany ??the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

and for your sakes I am glad I was not there, that you may believe. Come now, let us go to him."

Now when Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been buried for four days.

But now ??well, I know whatever you ask God for, he will grant you."

& 31] Now as Bethany is not far from Jerusalem, only about two miles away,

Now when Jesus saw her wailing and saw the Jews who accompanied her wailing, he chafed in spirit and was disquieted.

Now a number of the Jews who had come to visit Mary and who witnessed what he had done, believed in him.

Now the passover of the Jews was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem, to purify themselves before the passover.

Now the great mass of the Jews learned he was there, and they came not only on account of Jesus but to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.

Now the people who were with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead, testified to it;

Now there were some Greeks among those who had come up to worship at the festival;

My soul is now disquieted. What am I to say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? Nay, it is something else that has brought me to this hour:

Now is this world to be judged; now the Prince of this world will be expelled.

Now for all the Signs he had performed before them, they did not believe in him ??38 that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: Lord, who has believed what they heard from us, And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

Now before the passover festival Jesus knew the time had come for him to pass from this world to the Father. He had loved his own in this world and he loved them to the end;

Jesus answered him, "You do not understand just now what I am doing, but you will understand it later on."

I am telling you this now, before it occurs, so that when it has occurred you may believe who I am.

When he had gone out, Jesus said, Now at last the Son of man is glorified, and in him God is glorified: [if God is glorified in him,]

My dear children, I am only to be with you a little longer; then you will look for me, and, as I told the Jews I tell you now, where I go you cannot come.

"Lord," said Peter, "why cannot I follow you just now? I will lay down my life for you."

If you knew me, you would know my Father too. You know him now and you have seen him."

I tell you this now, before it occurs, so that, when it does occur, you may believe.

but now I am going to him who sent me. And yet not one of you asks, 'Where are you going?'

I have still much to say to you, but you cannot bear it just now.

So with you. Just now you are in sorrow, but I shall see you again and your heart will rejoice ??with a joy that no one can take from you.

His disciples said, "Now, you are talking plainly at last, not speaking in figures.

Now we are sure you know everything, and need no one to put questions to you. This makes us believe you have come forth from God."

So Jesus spoke; then, lifting his eyes to heaven, he said: "Father, the time has now come; glorify thy Son that thy Son may glorify thee,

now, Father, glorify me in thy presence with the glory which I enjoyed in thy presence before the world began.

They know now that whatever thou hast given me comes from thee,

for I have given them the words thou gavest me, and they have received them; they are now sure that I came from thee and believe that thou didst send me.

But now I come to thee (I speak thus in the world that they may have my joy complete within them).

Now the servants and the attendants were standing and warming themselves at a charcoal fire which they had lit (for it was cold), and Peter also stood beside them and warmed himself.

Again they yelled, "No, not him! Bar-Abbas!" Now Bar-Abbas was a robber.

Now when the high priests and their attendants saw him, they yelled, "Crucify him, crucify him!" Pilate said, "Take him and crucify him yourselves! I find nothing wrong about him."

Now when Pilate heard that, he was still more afraid;

Now many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus had been crucified was close to the city; besides, the inscription was in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one for each soldier. But as the tunic was seamless, woven right down in a single piece,

Now beside the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.

After that, as Jesus knew that everything was now finished and fulfilled, he said (to fulfil the scripture), "I am thirsty."

Now, as it was the day of Preparation, in order to prevent the bodies remaining on the cross during the sabbath (for that sabbath-day was a great day), the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.

Now at the spot where he had been crucified there was an orchard, and in the orchard a new tomb where no one had yet been laid;

Now Thomas, one of the twelve, who was called 'the Twin,' was not with them when Jesus came;

Now at break of day Jesus was standing on the beach (though the disciples did not know it was Jesus).

So he told them, "Throw your net on the right of the boat, and you will have a take." At this they threw the net, and now they could not haul it in for the mass of fish.

This was the third time, now, that Jesus appeared to the disciples after rising from the dead.

For the third time he asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Now Peter was vexed at being asked a third time, "Do you love me?" So he replied; "Lord, you know everything, you can see I love you." Jesus said, "Then feed my sheep.

Now there is much else that Jesus did ??so much, that if it were written down in detail. I do not suppose the world itself could hold the written records.