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John 1:7

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1:7 He came as a witness 1  to testify 2  about the light, so that everyone 3  might believe through him.

John 3:28

Context
3:28 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ 4  but rather, ‘I have been sent before him.’

1 tn Grk “came for a testimony.”

sn Witness is also one of the major themes of John’s Gospel. The Greek verb μαρτυρέω (marturew) occurs 33 times (compare to once in Matthew, once in Luke, 0 in Mark) and the noun μαρτυρία (marturia) 14 times (0 in Matthew, once in Luke, 3 times in Mark).

2 tn Or “to bear witness.”

3 tn Grk “all.”

4 tn Or “the Messiah” (Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “one who has been anointed”).

sn See the note on Christ in 1:20.



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