King James Version

John 3:28

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

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αὐτοὶautoiyourselvesαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “yourselves”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.yourselvesὑμεῖςhumeisyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “you”, the subject formG4771you.μοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meμαρτυρεῖτεmartureitewitnessμαρτυρέω (martureō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “witness”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3140I witness, bear witness, give evidence, testify, give a good report.This verse uses “witness”.witnessὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatεἶπονeiponto 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 saidΟὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notεἰμὶeimiI amεἰμίverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I am”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.I amἐγὼegōIἐγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.χριστόςchristosChristΧριστόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the subject formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.ἀλλ’allbutἀλλά (alla)conjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.ὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.Ἀπεσταλμένοςapestalmenossentἀποστέλλω (apostellō)verb, perfect passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “sent”, a completed action with a present resultG649I send forth, send (as a messenger, commission, etc.), send away, dismiss.sentεἰμὶeimito beεἰμίverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἔμπροσθενemprosthenbeforeἔμπροσθενpreposition — “before”G1715in front, before the face; sometimes made a subst. by the addition of the article: in front of, before the face of.beforeἐκείνουekeinouhimἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “him”, the of-formG1565that, that one there, yonder.him

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him;

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him;

World English Bible

You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

You yourselves do bear me witness, that I said, I am not Christ, but that I am sent before him.

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