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OET (OET-LV) And that he_was_having no need that anyone may_testify concerning the mankind, because/for he was_knowing what was in the person.
OET (OET-RV) (He didn’t need anyone to tell him what people are like because he could see what any person was like on the inside.)
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations
περὶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου & τί ἦν ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ
concerning ¬the mankind & what was in the person
Although both instances of the word man are masculine, John is using the word here in a generic sense that includes both men and women. Alternate translation: “about mankind … what was in mankind” or “about people … what was in people”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
τί ἦν ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ
what was in the person
This refers to the inner thoughts and desires of people, which some cultures refer to as “the heart.” (See the discussion of this in the General Notes to this chapter.) If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning explicitly. Alternate translation: “what people think” or “the thoughts and desires people have”
2:1-25 In this section, Jesus appeared at two symbolic Jewish ceremonies. At a wedding in Cana (2:1-12), he replaced the ritual cleansing water with his own superior wine. Later, around Passover, he cleansed the Temple (2:13-25).
OET (OET-LV) And that he_was_having no need that anyone may_testify concerning the mankind, because/for he was_knowing what was in the person.
OET (OET-RV) (He didn’t need anyone to tell him what people are like because he could see what any person was like on the inside.)
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and English gloss (7th line) are all thanks to the SR-GNT.