ἄλλος ἐστὶν ὁ μαρτυρῶν περὶ ἐμοῦ (John 5:32)

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Title:  Another is the One Bearing Witness About Me

The text is, “ἄλλος ἐστὶν ὁ μαρτυρῶν περὶ ἐμοῦ, καὶ οἶδα ὅτι ἀληθής ἐστιν ἡ μαρτυρία ἣν μαρτυρεῖ περὶ ἐμοῦ”.

“ἄλλος”:  masculine, singular, nominative, demonstrative adjective meaning “another”.

“ἐστὶν”:  third person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “is”.

“ὁ”:  masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.

“μαρτυρῶν”:  present, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “one bearing witness”.

“περὶ”:  preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “about”.

“ἐμοῦ”:  first person, personal, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “me”.

“καὶ”:  coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.

“οἶδα”:  first person, singular, perfect, active, indicative verb meaning “I do know”.

“ὅτι”:  subordinating conjunction meaning “that”.

“ἀληθής”:  feminine, singular, nominative adjective meaning “true”.

“ἐστιν”:  third person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “is”.

“ἡ”:  feminine, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.

“μαρτυρία”:  feminine, singular, nominative noun meaning “testimony”.

“ἣν”:  feminine, singular, accusative, definite, relative pronoun meaning “that”.

“μαρτυρεῖ”:  third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “he bears”.

“περὶ”:  preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “about”.

“ἐμοῦ”:  first person, personal, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “me”.

The meaning of this verse is,

Another is the one bearing witness about me, and I do know that the witness he bears about me is true.

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