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AndΚαὶthey had been sentἀπεσταλμένοι ἦσανfromἐκthe Pharisees.τῶν Φαρισαίων
John 1:24
Study it in the app“And they had been sent from the Pharisees.”
With the Greek beneath
John 1:24, word by word
- they had been sentἀπεσταλμένοιapestalmenoi
send
To send someone somewhere on an errand, on behalf of the sender.
Where else “apestalmenoi” appears- they had been sentἦσανēsan
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēsan” appears- the PhariseesΦαρισαίωνPharisaiōn
Pharisee
Pharisee: a member of a Jewish group that kept the law of Moses and the traditions of its teachers strictly.
Where else “Pharisaiōn” appears
The context
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.”
24 · This verse (above)
25And they asked him and said to him, “Why then are you immersing, if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
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?