The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “former” (πρότερον,) before one here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “at night” (νυκτὸς) before to here.
λέγειlegeisaithλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “saith”, 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.saithΝικόδημοςnikodēmosNicodemusΝικόδημοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Nicodemus”, the subject formG3530Nicodemus, a member of the Sanhedrin.πρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoαὐτούςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἐλθὼνelthōn(he that cameἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “(he that came”, a single actionG2064I come, go.(he that cameπρὸςprosbyπρόςpreposition — “by”G4314to, towards, with.byαὐτὸνautonthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themπρότερονproteronbeforeπρότερος (proteros)adjective, comparative, accusative, singular, neuter — “before”, the object formG4387former, before, formerly.This verse uses “before”.εἷςheisoneεἷςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG1520one.ὢνōnto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἐξexout fromἐκ (ek)preposition — “out from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.αὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.
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