οὐκ ἦν ἐκεῖνος τὸ φῶς, ἀλλ’ ἵνα μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ φωτός (John 1:8)

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Title:  He Was Not the Light, But So That He Might Bear Witness Concerning the Light

The text is, “οὐκ ἦν ἐκεῖνος τὸ φῶς, ἀλλ’ ἵνα μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ φωτός”.

οὐκ -> negative particle -> not

ἦν -> third person, singular, imperfect, indicative verb -> was

ἐκεῖνος -> masculine, singular, nominative, demonstrative pronoun -> he

τὸ ->neuter, singular, nominative article -> the

φῶς -> neuter, singular, nominative noun -> light

ἀλλ’ -> coordinating adversative conjunction -> but

 -> subordinating purposive conjunction -> so that

μαρτυρήσῃ -> third person, singular, aorist, active, subjunctive verb -> he might bear witness

περὶ -> preposition taking the genitive for its object word -> concerning | about

τοῦ -> neuter, singular, genitive article -> the

φωτός -> neuter, singular, genitive noun -> light

The meaning of this verse is,

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

οὐκ ἦν ἐκεῖνος τὸ φῶς, ἀλλ’ ἵνα μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ φωτός (John 1:8) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.