YHN 1:8 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Yohan himself wasn’t the light—he was merely the announcer of the light.

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT That one was not the light, but came so that he might testify about the light.

UST John himself was not that light, but he came in order to tell people about the light.

BLB He was not the Light, but came that he might witness concerning the Light.

AICNT He was not the light, but came to testify about the light.

OEB He was not the light,
⇔ but he came to bear witness to the light.
§ 

CSB He was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.

CEV John wasn't this light. He came only to tell about the light.

LSB He was not the Light, but he came to bear witness about the Light.

WEBBE He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET He himself was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.

LSV that one was not the Light, but—that he might testify about the Light.

FBV He himself was not the light, but he came to witness to the light.

TCNT He himself was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.

T4T John himself was not the one who was like a light [MET]. Instead, he came to tell others about that one who was like a light.

LEB That one was not the light, but came[fn] in order that he could testify about the light.

1:8 The verb is implied from the previous verse, and must be supplied in the English translation

BBE He himself was not the light: he was sent to give witness about the light.

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Wymth He was not the Light, but he existed that he might give testimony concerning the Light.

ASV He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness of the light.

DRA He was not the light, but was to give testimony of the light.

YLT that one was not the Light, but — that he might testify about the Light.

Drby He was not the light, but that he might witness concerning the light.

RV He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness of the light.

Wbstr He was not that Light, but was sent to bear testimony of that Light.

KJB-1769 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

KJB-1611 Hee was not that light, but was sent to beare witnesse of that light.
(He was not that light, but was sent to bear witness of that light.)

Bshps He was not that lyght: but was sent to beare witnesse of the lyght.
(He was not that light: but was sent to bear witness of the light.)

Gnva He was not that light, but was sent to beare witnesse of that light.
(He was not that light, but was sent to bear witness of that light. )

Cvdl He was not that light, but that he might beare witnesse of ye light.
(He was not that light, but that he might bear witness of ye/you_all light.)

TNT He was not that lyght: but to beare witnes of the lyght.
(He was not that light: but to bear witness of the light. )

Wyc He was not the liyt, but that he schulde bere witnessing of the liyt.
(He was not the light, but that he should bear witnessing of the light.)

Luth Er war nicht das Licht, sondern daß er zeugete von dem Licht.
(He what/which not the light, rather that he zeugete from to_him light.)

ClVg Non erat ille lux, sed ut testimonium perhiberet de lumine.
(Non was ille light, but as testimony perhiberet about lumine. )

UGNT οὐκ ἦν ἐκεῖνος τὸ φῶς, ἀλλ’ ἵνα μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ φωτός.
(ouk aʸn ekeinos to fōs, all’ hina marturaʸsaʸ peri tou fōtos.)

SBL-GNT οὐκ ἦν ἐκεῖνος τὸ φῶς, ἀλλʼ ἵνα μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ φωτός.
(ouk aʸn ekeinos to fōs, allʼ hina marturaʸsaʸ peri tou fōtos.)

TC-GNT Οὐκ ἦν ἐκεῖνος τὸ φῶς, ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ φωτός.
(Ouk aʸn ekeinos to fōs, all hina marturaʸsaʸ peri tou fōtos. )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, orange:accents differ (from our SR-GNT base).

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

The Word

John raises the curtain on his Gospel with a stunning description of Jesus Christ as “the Word” (Greek logos, John 1:1). Both Greek and Jewish listeners in the first century would immediately recognize the profound meaning of this title. Greeks would have thought of the seminal forces that sustain the universe. Jewish minds would have thought back to God creating the world with his word (Gen 1:3-28; Ps 33:6, 9). In Jesus’ day, the Word of God had taken on creative personal attributes. Jews viewed God’s Word as personifying divine Wisdom. Through Wisdom, God extended himself into the cosmos, creating the world (Prov 8:22-31).

John makes it clear that Jesus shares the same essence as God; the Son existed before time, and he was the agent of all creation. John anchors the divinity of Jesus in this ancient Jewish concept of Wisdom. The divine Wisdom that has existed with God from before time can now be known in Jesus Christ. In perhaps the most striking verse penned by an apostle, John writes that this Logos, this Wisdom, became flesh and lived among us as a human (John 1:14). What God is, the Logos is, and the Logos is Jesus Christ.

Passages for Further Study

Gen 1:3-28; Ps 33:6, 9; Prov 8:22-31; Isa 40:8; John 1:1-18; 1 Jn 1:1; Rev 19:13

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