See in Reader
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General Information:
This is the end of the Gospel of John. Here the author, the Apostle John, gives a closing comment about himself and what he has written in this book. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-endofstory)
the disciple
"the disciple John"
who testifies about these things
Here "testifies" means that he personally sees something. AT: "who has seen all these things" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
we know
Here "we" refers to those who trust in Jesus. AT: "we who trust in Jesus know" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
If each one were written down
You can translate this in an active form. AT: "If someone wrote down all of them" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
even the world itself could not contain the books
John exaggerates to emphasize that Jesus did many more miracles than what people could write about in many books. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole)
the books that would be written
You can translate this in an active form. AT: "the books that people could write about what he did" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)