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Title: I Am the One Bearing Witness About Myself
The text is, “ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ μαρτυρῶν περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ καὶ μαρτυρεῖ περὶ ἐμοῦ ὁ πέμψας με πατήρ”.
“ἐγώ”: first person, personal, singular, nominative pronoun meaning “I”.
“εἰμι”: first person, singular, present, indicative verb meaning “am”.
“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”.
“ἐμαυτοῦ”: first person, masculine, singular, genitive, reflexive pronoun meaning “myself”.
“καὶ”: coordinating conjunction meaning “and”.
“μαρτυρεῖ”: third person, singular, present, active, indicative verb meaning “bearing witness”.
“περὶ”: preposition taking the genitive for its object word and meaning “about”.
“ἐμοῦ”: first person, personal, singular, genitive pronoun meaning “me”.
“ὁ”: masculine, singular, nominative article meaning “the”.
“πέμψας”: aorist, active, participial, masculine, singular, nominative verb meaning “having sent”.
“με”: first person, personal, singular, accusative pronoun meaning “me”.
“πατήρ”: masculine, singular, nominative noun meaning “Father”.
The meaning of this verse is,
I am the one bearing witness about myself, and the Father having sent me bears witness about me.”
ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ μαρτυρῶν περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ (John 8:18) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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