As Bruce Metzger writes about the passage in John: "The account has all the earmarks of historical veracity" (Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament, p.
Profesa Bruce M. Metzger u tsale a ku: "Marito lawa i mavunwa naswona a ma nga fanelanga ma tsariwile eka Testamente Leyintshwa." - A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament.