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Youὑμεῖςyourselvesαὐτοὶtestify for meμοι μαρτυρεῖτεthatὅτιI said,εἶπον‘IἐγὼamεἰμὶnotΟὐκthe Messiah,ὁ χριστόςbutἀλλ’I have been sentἈπεσταλμένος εἰμὶahead ofἔμπροσθενhim.’ἐκείνου
John 3:28
Study it in the app“You yourselves testify for me that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah, but I have been sent ahead of him.’”
With the Greek beneath
John 3:28, word by word
- testify for meμαρτυρεῖτεmartyreite
testify
To tell what one knows or has seen.
Where else “martyreite” appears- I saidεἶπονeipon
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipon” appears- amεἰμὶeimi
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eimi” appears- the Messiahχριστόςchristos
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “christos” appears- I have been sentἈπεσταλμένοςApestalmenos
send
To send someone somewhere on an errand, on behalf of the sender.
Where else “Apestalmenos” appears- ahead ofἔμπροσθενemprosthen
before, in front of
In front of, before.
Where else “emprosthen” appears
The context
27John answered and said, “A person cannot receive even one thing unless it has been given him from heaven.
28 · This verse (above)
29The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. So this joy of mine is complete.
To study John 3 in a group
1. What it says
What does Jesus answer Nicodemus when he visits at night and says God is with him? (vv. 1-8)
2. What it means
Verse 16 says God loved the world and gave his Son. What does the text say God wants for the world? (vv. 16-17)
3. How I live it
Jesus speaks of those who come to the light and those who prefer darkness (vv. 19-21). What helps you live with more clarity and truth?