John 1:8
He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
KJV
οὐκ ἦν ἐκεῖνος τὸ φῶς, ἀλλ’ ἵνα μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ φωτός.
Greek NT
Non erat ille lux, sed ut testimonium perhiberet de lumine.
Vulgate
He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness of the light.
ASV
He was not the light, but was to give testimony of the light.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
μαρτυρέω
martureo
verb · 76×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
φῶς
phos
noun · 72×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Moses in the beginning of the history and writings of the Old Testament speaks to us of the objects of sense, and enumerates them to us at length. For, In the beginning, he says, God made the heaven and the earth, and then he adds, that light was created, and a second heaven and the stars, the various kinds of living creatures, and, that we may not delay by going through par…
1 And the Word was with God, and the Word was God. In the preceding section, my revered brother Ambrosius, brother formed according to the Gospel, we have discussed, as far as is at present in our power, what the Gospel is, and what is the beginning in which the Word was, and what the Word is which was in the beginning. We now come to consider the next point in the work before …
Cross-references
- Acts 19:4 — Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
- John 1:4 — In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
- John 1:20 — And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
- John 3:28 — Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
- Mal 4:2 — But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
- Ps 36:9 — For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.