οὗτοςhoutossameοὗτοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “same”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.The sameἦλθενēlthencameἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “came”, a single actionG2064I come, go.cameεἰςeisforεἰςpreposition — “for”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “for”.forμαρτυρίανmarturiana witnessμαρτυρία (marturia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “a witness”, the object formG3141witness, evidence, testimony, reputation.This verse uses “witness”.a witnessἵναhinatoἵναconjunction — “to”G2443in order that, so that.toμαρτυρήσῃmarturēsēbear witnessμαρτυρέω (martureō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “bear witness”, a single actionG3140I witness, bear witness, give evidence, testify, give a good report.This verse uses “witness”.bear witnessπερὶperiofπερίpreposition — “of”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.ofτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.φωτόςphōtosLightφῶς (phōs)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “Light”, the of-formG5457light, a source of light, radiance.This verse uses “light”.the Lightἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatπάντεςpantesallπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allπιστεύσωσινpisteusōsinmight believeπιστεύω (pisteuō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “might believe”, a single actionG4100I believe, have faith in, trust in; pass: I am entrusted with.This verse uses “believe”.might believeδι’dithroughδιά (dia)preposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
this one came for testimony, that he might testify about the Light, that all might believe through him;
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American Standard Version (1901)
The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him.
Young’s Literal Translation
this one came for testimony, that he might testify about the Light, that all might believe through him;
World English Bible
The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.
Darby Translation
He came for witness, that he might witness concerning the light, that all might believe through him.
Douay-Rheims
This man came for a witness, to give testimony of the light, that all men might believe through him.
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