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Soοὖνthey saidεἶπανto him,αὐτῷ“WhoΤίςare you,εἶso thatἵναwe may giveδῶμενan answerἀπόκρισινto those whoτοῖςsentπέμψασινus?ἡμᾶςWhatτίdo you sayλέγειςaboutπερὶyourself?”σεαυτοῦ
John 1:22
Study it in the app“So they said to him, “Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?””
With the Greek beneath
John 1:22, word by word
- they saidεἶπανeipan
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipan” appears- are youεἶei
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ei” appears- we may giveδῶμενdōmen
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “dōmen” appears- an answerἀπόκρισινapokrisin
answer
Answer.
Where else “apokrisin” appears- sentπέμψασινpempsasin
send
To make someone go to another place with a task.
Where else “pempsasin” appears- yourselfσεαυτοῦseautou
yourself
Yourself.
Where else “seautou” appears
The context
21And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” And he says, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”
22 · This verse (above)
23He said, “I am a voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”
To study John 1 in a group
1. What it says
What does the beginning of this chapter say about the Word: where it was, what it was, and what came to be through it? (vv. 1-14)
2. What it means
John says those who received the Word were given authority to become children of God. What does “receiving him” mean in this chapter? (vv. 11-13)
3. How I live it
Jesus asked the first disciples, “What are you looking for?” and invited them, “Come and you will see” (vv. 38-39). What are you looking for today?