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← John 3 · ← verse 27 · verse 29 →

Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. (KJV)

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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.

αὐτοὶautoiYourselves

Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846

Parsing: Personal pronoun · Nominative · Plural · Masculine (P-NPM)

Meaning: it/s/he — αὐτός, -ή, -ό, ; determinative pron., in late Gk. much more frequently than in cl. (WM, 178f.; Jannaris, HGG, §1399). ; 1. Emphatic (so always in nom. exc. when preceded by the art., see infr., iii); (1) self (ipse),…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 5846 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G0846; TFLSJ G0846; TAGNT John 3:28 word 1

ὑμεῖςhumeisyou yourselves

Lemma: σύ (su) · Strong's: G4771

Parsing: Personal pronoun · 2nd · Nominative · Plural (P-2NP)

Meaning: you — σύ, ; pron. of 2nd of person(s), ; thou, you, genitive, σοῦ, dative, σοί, accusative, σέ, pl., ὑμεῖς, -ῶν, -ῖν, -ᾶς (enclitic in oblique cases sing., except after prep. (BL, §48, 3), though πρὸς σέ occurs in Mat.25:39).…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 3071 times. Also: Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:6, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G4771; TFLSJ G4771; TAGNT John 3:28 word 2

μοιmoito me

Lemma: μέ (me) · Strong's: G3165

Parsing: Personal pronoun · 1st · Dative · Singular (P-1DS)

Meaning: me — 1. apostrophe for με. ; 2. rarely for μοι, (Homer) (ML)

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR

Used 2026 times. Also: Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:6, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 2:15, Matthew 3:11, Matthew 3:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3165; TFLSJ G3165; TAGNT John 3:28 word 3

μαρτυρεῖτεmartureitebear witness

Lemma: μαρτυρέω (martureō) · Strong's: G3140

Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Indicative · 2nd · Plural (V-PAI-2P)

Meaning: to testify — μαρτυρέω, -ῶ; (μάρτυς), [in LXX chiefly for עֵד (עֵד (Gen.31:47-48, al.), also for עוּד hi. (Gen.43:3, La 2:13), עָנָה (Num.35:30) ; ] ; (a) prop., to be a witness, bear witness, testify: absol. (find., al.), Jhn.15:27,…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 77 times. Also: Matthew 23:31, Luke 4:22, John 1:7, John 1:8, John 1:15, John 1:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3140; TFLSJ G3140; TAGNT John 3:28 word 4

ὅτιhotithat

Lemma: ὅτι (hoti) · Strong's: G3754G

Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)

Meaning: that/since: that — ὅτι, ; conjc. (prop. neut. of ὅστις). ; I. As conjc, introducing an objective clause, that; 1. after verbs of seeing, knowing, thinking, saying, feeling: Mat.3:9 6:32 11:25, Mrk.3:28, Luk.2:49, Jhn.2:22, Act.4:13,…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 858 times. Also: Matthew 2:16, Matthew 2:22, Matthew 2:23, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 4:6, Matthew 4:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3754G; TFLSJ G3754G; TAGNT John 3:28 word 5

εἶπονeiponI said

Lemma: εἶπον (eipon) · Strong's: G2036

Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Active · Indicative · 1st · Singular (V-2AAI-1S)

Meaning: to say — εἶπον, 2 aorist of obsolete present ἔπω (cf. Veitch), used as aorist of λέγω, which see ; (AS)

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Used 955 times. Also: Matthew 2:5, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 3:15, Matthew 4:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G2036; TFLSJ G2036; TAGNT John 3:28 word 6

οὐκoukNot

Lemma: οὐ (ou) · Strong's: G3756

Parsing: Negative Particle · Negative · Negative (PRT-N)

Meaning: no — οὐ, before a vowel with smooth breathing οὐκ, before one with rough breathing οὐχ (but improperly οὐχ ἰδού, Act.2:7, WH, mg.; cf. WH, Intr., §409; M, Pr., 44, 244), ; [in LXX for אֵין ,אַיִן ,לֹא ; ] ; neg. particle, ;…

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Used 1689 times. Also: Matthew 1:25, Matthew 2:18, Matthew 3:11, Matthew 4:4, Matthew 4:7, Matthew 5:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3756; TFLSJ G3756; TAGNT John 3:28 word 7

εἰμὶeimiam

Lemma: εἰμί (eimi) · Strong's: G1510

Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Indicative · 1st · Singular (V-PAI-1S)

Meaning: to be — εἰμί, ; with various uses and significations, like the English verb to be. ; I. As substantive verb. ; 1. Of persons and things, to be, exist: Act.17:28, Jhn.1:1, 8:58, 17:5, al; ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν (for past ptcp.), Rev.1:4,…

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Used 2406 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1510; TFLSJ G1510; TAGNT John 3:28 word 8

ἐγὼegōI myself

Lemma: ἐγώ (egō) · Strong's: G1473

Parsing: Personal pronoun · 1st · Nominative · Singular (P-1NS)

Meaning: I/we — ἐγώ, genitive, etc., ἐμοῦ, ἐμοί, ἐμέ (enclitic μου, μοι, με), pl. ἡμεῖς, -ῶν, -ῖν, -ᾶς, ; of person(s) pron. ; I. ; (a) The nom. is usually emphatic, when expressed as subjc, as in Mat.3:11, Mrk.1:8, Luk.3:16, al. But…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 862 times. Also: Matthew 2:8, Matthew 3:11, Matthew 3:14, Matthew 5:11, Matthew 5:22, Matthew 5:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1473; TFLSJ G1473; TAGNT John 3:28 word 9

ὁhothe

Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588

Parsing: Definite article · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (T-NSM)

Meaning: the/this/who — ὁ, ἡ, τό, ; the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr. pron. (so usually in Hom.), in general corresponding to the Eng. definite article. ; I. As demonstr. pron. ; 1. As frequently in Hom.,…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 20654 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3588; TFLSJ G3588; TAGNT John 3:28 word 10

χριστός,christosChrist,

Lemma: Χριστός (Christos) · Strong's: G5547

Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Masculine · Title (N-NSM-T)

Meaning: Christ — χριστός (Χρ-), -ή, -όν ; (χρίω), [in LXX for מָשִׁיחַ and cogn. forms ; ] ; 1. 1. as adj., ; (a) of things, anointing, to be used as ointment (Æsch., Eur., al.; τ. ἔλαιον τὸ χ., Lev.21:10); (b) of persons, anointed (ὁ…

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Used 568 times. Also: Matthew 1:1, Matthew 1:16, Matthew 1:17, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 2:4, Matthew 11:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G5547; TFLSJ G5547; TAGNT John 3:28 word 11

ἀλλ᾽all᾽but

Lemma: ἀλλά (alla) · Strong's: G0235

Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)

Meaning: but — ἀλλά (ἀλλ᾽ usually bef. α and υ, often bef. ε and η, rarely bef. ο and ω, never bef. ι; Tdf., Pr., 93 f.; WH, App., 146), ; adversative particle, ; stronger than δέ; prop. neuter pl. of ἄλλος, used adverbially, with…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 642 times. Also: Matthew 4:4, Matthew 5:15, Matthew 5:17, Matthew 5:39, Matthew 6:13, Matthew 6:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G0235; TFLSJ G0235; TAGNT John 3:28 word 12

ὅτιhotifor

Lemma: ὅτι (hoti) · Strong's: G3754H

Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)

Meaning: that/since: since — ὅτι, ; conjc. (prop. neut. of ὅστις). ; I. As conjc, introducing an objective clause, that; 1. after verbs of seeing, knowing, thinking, saying, feeling: Mat.3:9 6:32 11:25, Mrk.3:28, Luk.2:49, Jhn.2:22, Act.4:13,…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 467 times. Also: Matthew 2:18, Matthew 5:3, Matthew 5:4, Matthew 5:5, Matthew 5:6, Matthew 5:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3754H; TFLSJ G3754H; TAGNT John 3:28 word 13

ἀπεσταλμένοςapestalmenossent

Lemma: ἀποστέλλω (apostellō) · Strong's: G0649

Parsing: Verb · Perfect · Passive · Participle · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (V-RPP-NSM)

Meaning: to send — ἀπο-στέλλω, ; [in LXX very freq., almost always for שׁלח ; ] ; prop., to send away, to dispatch on service; 1. to send with a commission, or on service; (a) of persons: Christ, Mat.10:40; the apostles, 10:16; servants,…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 134 times. Also: Matthew 2:16, Matthew 8:31, Matthew 10:5, Matthew 10:16, Matthew 10:40, Matthew 11:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G0649; TFLSJ G0649; TAGNT John 3:28 word 14

εἰμὶeimiI am

Lemma: εἰμί (eimi) · Strong's: G1510

Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Indicative · 1st · Singular (V-PAI-1S)

Meaning: to be — εἰμί, ; with various uses and significations, like the English verb to be. ; I. As substantive verb. ; 1. Of persons and things, to be, exist: Act.17:28, Jhn.1:1, 8:58, 17:5, al; ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν (for past ptcp.), Rev.1:4,…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 2406 times. Also: Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1510; TFLSJ G1510; TAGNT John 3:28 word 15

ἔμπροσθενemprosthenbefore

Lemma: ἔμπροσθεν (emprosthen) · Strong's: G1715

Parsing: Preposition (PREP)

Meaning: before — ἔμ-προσθεν ; adv. ; of place (in cl. also of time), ; [in LXX chiefly for עֳנִי ; ] ; 1. adverbially, before, in front: Luk.19:28; εἰς τὸ ἔ., Luk.19:4; opposite to ὄπισθεν, Rev.4:6; opposite to τὰ ὀπίσω, τὰ ἔ.,…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 50 times. Also: Matthew 5:16, Matthew 5:24, Matthew 6:1, Matthew 6:2, Matthew 7:6, Matthew 10:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1715; TFLSJ G1715; TAGNT John 3:28 word 16

ἐκείνου.¶ekeinouHim.

Lemma: ἐκεῖνος (ekeinos) · Strong's: G1565

Parsing: Demonstrative pronoun · Genitive · Singular · Masculine (D-GSM)

Meaning: that — ἐκεῖνος, -η, -ο ; (ἐκεῖ), [in LXX chiefly for הַהוּא ,הוּא, and cogn. forms ; ] ; demonstr. pron., ; that person or thing (ille), implying remoteness as compared with οὗτος (hic); 1. absol., emphatic he, she, it:…

Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine

Used 255 times. Also: Matthew 3:1, Matthew 7:22, Matthew 7:25, Matthew 7:27, Matthew 8:13, Matthew 8:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1565; TFLSJ G1565; TAGNT John 3:28 word 17

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

You→σύ G4771 you
yourselves→αὐτός G0846 it/s/he
can testify→μαρτυρέω G3140 to testify
that→ὅτι G3754G that/since: that
I said→εἶπον G2036 to say
I→ἐγώ G1473 I/we
am→εἰμί G1510 to be
not→οὐ G3756 no
the→ὁ G3588 the/this/who
Christ→Χριστός G5547 Christ
but→ἀλλά G0235 but
am→εἰμί G1510 to be
sent→ἀποστέλλω G0649 to send
ahead of→ἔμπροσθεν G1715 before
Him→ἐκεῖνος G1565 that

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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