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Thisοὗτόςisἐστινthe one about whomὑπὲρ οὗIἐγὼsaid,εἶπον‘AfterὈπίσωmeμουcomesἔρχεταιa manἀνὴρwhoὃςhas come to beγέγονενahead ofἔμπροσθένme,μουbecauseὅτιhe existedἦνbeforeπρῶτόςme.’μου
John 1:30
Study it in the app“This is the one about whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who has come to be ahead of me, because he existed before me.’”
With the Greek beneath
John 1:30, word by word
- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- saidεἶπονeipon
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipon” appears- ‘AfterὈπίσωOpisō
follow after
To walk behind someone, follow them.
Where else “Opisō” appears- comesἔρχεταιerchetai
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “erchetai” appears- a manἀνὴρanēr
man
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “anēr” appears- has come to beγέγονενgegonen
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “gegonen” appears- ahead ofἔμπροσθένemprosthen
before, in front of
In front of, before.
Where else “emprosthen” appears- beforeπρῶτόςprōtos
first
The one who comes before all others, in time or in order.
Where else “prōtos” appears
The context
29The next day he sees Jesus coming toward him and says, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
30 · This verse (above)
31And I did not know him, but so that he might be revealed to Israel, for this reason I came immersing in water.”
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?