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andκαὶbecauseὅτιhe hadεἶχενnoοὐneedχρείανforἵναanyoneτιςto testifyμαρτυρήσῃaboutπερὶman;τοῦ ἀνθρώπουforγὰρhe himselfαὐτὸςknewἐγίνωσκενwhatτίwasἦνinἐνman.τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ
John 2:25
Study it in the app“and because he had no need for anyone to testify about man; for he himself knew what was in man.”
With the Greek beneath
John 2:25, word by word
- he hadεἶχενeichen
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “eichen” appears- needχρείανchreian
need
What is lacking, required.
Where else “chreian” appears- to testifyμαρτυρήσῃmartyrēsēi
testify
To tell what one knows or has seen.
Where else “martyrēsēi” appears- manἀνθρώπουanthrōpou
mortal
Humans, weak before God.
Where else “anthrōpou” appears- knewἐγίνωσκενeginōsken
find out
To find out something, to realize.
Where else “eginōsken” appears- wasἦνēn
be present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “ēn” appears
The context
24But Jesus himself did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people,
25 · This verse (above)
To study John 2 in a group
1. What it says
At the wedding in Cana, what runs out, what does Mary tell the servants, and what does Jesus do? (vv. 1-11)
2. What it means
Jesus clears the temple and says, “Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.” What does the narrator explain he meant? (vv. 13-22)
3. How I live it
The servants obeyed even though they did not understand what was happening (vv. 5-9). Where could you do what Jesus says today without understanding it all?