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Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινὸν, ὃ
the light ¬the true which
Here John uses light to refer to Jesus as the one who both reveals the truth about God and is himself that truth. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Jesus, who truly embodied God’s truth, who”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον
which /is/_enlightening every person
Here, John uses light to refer to God’s truth and goodness. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “which reveals the true and good things of God to all men”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations
ἄνθρωπον
person
Although the term men is masculine, John is using the word here in a generic sense that includes both men and women. Alternate translation: “people”
1:1-18 The beginning of this prologue (1:1-5) might be a poem or hymn sung by the earliest Christians. The prologue’s themes—the coming of the light into the world, the rejection of the light, and its gift of new life to believers—prepares readers for the story that follows.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.