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John 1:15

John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

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(ἸωάννηςiōannēsJohnἸωάννηςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “John”, the subject formG2491John: the Baptist, the apostle, a member of the Sanhedrin, or John Mark.Johnμαρτυρεῖmartureibare witnessμαρτυρέω (martureō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “bare witness”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3140I witness, bear witness, give evidence, testify, give a good report.This verse uses “witness”.bare witnessπερὶperiofπερίpreposition — “of”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.ofαὐτοῦautouhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andκέκραγενkekragencriedκράζω (krazō)verb, perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “cried”, a completed action with a present resultG2896I cry aloud, shriek.criedλέγωνlegōnsayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “saying”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.sayingΟὗτοςhoutosThisοὗτοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “This”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.Thisἦνēnwas heεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “was he”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.was heὃνhonof whomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “of whom”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.of whomεἶπονeiponto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).I spakeὉhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ὀπίσωopisōafterὀπίσωpreposition — “after”G3694behind, after; back, backwards.This verse uses “after”.afterμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meἐρχόμενοςerchomenosto comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to come”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2064I come, go.ἔμπροσθένemprosthenbeforeἔμπροσθενpreposition — “before”G1715in front, before the face; sometimes made a subst. by the addition of the article: in front of, before the face of.beforeμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meγέγονενgegonento beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, a completed action with a present resultG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.ὅτιhotiforὅτιconjunction — “for”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.forπρῶτόςprōtosbeforeπρῶτοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “before”, the subject formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “before”.beforeμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meἦν·)ēnto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

John doth testify concerning him, and hath cried, saying, 'This was he of whom I said, He who after me is coming, hath come before me, for he was before me;'

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American Standard Version (1901)

John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is become before me: for he was before me.

Young’s Literal Translation

John doth testify concerning him, and hath cried, saying, 'This was he of whom I said, He who after me is coming, hath come before me, for he was before me;'

World English Bible

John testified about him. He cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.’”

Darby Translation

(John bears witness of him, and he has cried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me;)

Douay-Rheims

John beareth witness of him, and crieth out, saying: This was he of whom I spoke: He that shall come after me, is preferred before me: because he was before me.

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