6Ἐγένετο1ἄνϑρωπος2ἀπεσταλμένος3παρὰ4θεοῦ,5ὄνομα6Therewas a man sent from God,thename7αὐτῷ7Ἰωάννης·8οὗτος9ἠλϑεν10εἰς11μαρτυρίαν,12ἵνα13to himwasJohn: thisonecame for testimony thatμαρτυρήσῃ14περὶ15τοῦ16Φωτός,17ἵνα13πάντες18hemight testify concerning the Light, that all8πιστεύσωσι19δἰ20αὐτοῦ.21Οὐκ22ἦν23ἐκεῖνος24τὸ25Φῶς,26might believe through him. Not was thatonethe Light,9ἀλλ'27ἵνα13μαρτυρήσῃ14περὶ15τοῦ16Φωτός.17Ἠν23but thathemight testify concerning the Light.Therewasτὸ25Φῶς26τὸ25ἀληϑινόν,28ὃ29φωτίζει30πάντα31ἄνϑρωπον,32the Light the trueone, which lights every man,10ἐρχόμενον33εἰς11τὸν34κόσμον.35Ἐν36τῷ37κόσμῳ38ἦv,23coming into the world. In the worldhewas,καὶ39ὁ40κόσμος41δἰ20αὐτοῦ21ἐγένετο,1καὶ39ὁ40κόσμος41and the world through him was made, and the world11αὐτὸν42οὐκ22ἔγνω.43Εἰς11τὰ44ἴδια45ἧλϑε,10καὶ39οἱ46him not knew. To the ownthings hecame, and theἴδιοι47αὐτὸν42οὐ22παρέλαβαν.48ownpersonshim not received.
1. Ἐγένετο--Seelesson vii, No. 15.
2. ἄνϑρωπος--See vii, 27; subj. of sentence.
3. ἀπεσταλμένος--part. from ἀποστέλλω, lit.,I send away; comp. of prep, ἀπό,off, and στέλλω,I send; root στελ, vowel changed,§ 63; aug. cuts off final ο of prep.,§ 61; no reduplication,§ 60; perf. tense because aug. beyond indic.,§ 60; and no union-vowel,§ 42; pass. part. ending μεν, (§ 55,) accent; ος is nom. masc. sing.,§§ 34,30; agrees with ἄνϑρωπος,§ 73.
4. παρά--prep., lit.,near; with gen., =from near.
5. θεοῦ--Seevii, 9,10; here gen.,§ 81.
6. ὄνομα--noun; neut, 3d decl. nom. sing.; (stem, ονοματ, final mute always dropped for euphony;) subj. towasunderstood, (copula may freely be supplied.)
7. αὐτῷ--pers. adj. pron.; dat. sing. masc. from αὐτός,vii, 14; governed,§ 92.
8. Ἰωάννης--prop. noun; 1st decl. masc. nom. sing.,§ 28; predicate after neut. verb, (understood,) agreeing with subj.,§ 71.
9. οὗτος--Seevii, 11.
10. ἠλϑεν--verb, assigned to ἔρχομαι, but really from defective ἐλεύϑω; root, ελϑ; temporal aug., [ε+ε=η,]§ 60; hence indic., as union-vowel (ε) following also shows,§ 42; simple root 2d aor.,§ 57; hence no tense ending in 3d pers. sing. act.,§ 49; ν appended,§ 17; accent,§ 6.
11. εἰς--prep., lit.,to, that is, here,for the purpose of; atonic,§ 3.
12. μαρτυρίαν--noun; 1st decl. fem. acc. sing., from ία,§ 28; governed,§ 96.
13. ἵνα--conj., meaning,in order that; introducing dependent clause.
14. μαρτυρήσῃ--verb, from μαρτυρέω; first η is root-vowel, lengthened before tense-sign, (§ 66,) which is σ of 1st fut.,§ 59; ῃ is union-vowel of subj., (§ 44,) the subscribed ι being 3d pers. sing. act.,§ 49; accent,§ 4.
15. περῖ--prep., lit.,around; governs gen.,§ 82.
16. τοῦ--art.; gen. sing. neut.,§ 39.
17. Φωτός--noun, seevii, 25. Gen. (sing.) and dat. (sing. and plur.) of monosyllables of 3d decl. accent the ultimate.
18. πάντες--Seevii, 12; nom. masc. plur.,menbeing understood,§ 74; subj. of clause.
19. πιστεύσωσι--verb, from πιστεύω; second σ is sign of 1st fut.,§ 59; ω sign of subj.,§ 44; σι 3d plur. act.,§ 49.
20. δἰ--Seevii, 13.
21. αὐτοῦ--Seevii, 14.
22. Οὐκ--neg. adv., same as οὐ, (vii, 83,) with euphonic κ before a vowel.
23. ἦν--Seevii, 3.
24. ἐκεῖνος--demonst, adj. pron.,§ 39; =he, nom. masc. sing., subj. of sentence,§ 27; accent,§ 6.
25. τὸ--Seevii, 24.
26. Φῶς--Seevii, 25.
27. ἀλλ᾿--conj. for ἀλλά, final vowel elided,§ 22.
28. ἀληϑινόν--adj., from ἀληϑινός; neut. 2d decl.,§ 34; nom. sing.,§ 30; agreeing with Φῶς,§ 73.
29. ὃ--Seevii, 19.
30. φωτίζει--verb, from φωτίζω; strengthened root,§ 58; ε union vowel of indic.,§ 42; final ι 3d sing. (pres.) act.,§ 49.
31. πάντα--indef. adj., seeNo. 18; acc. sing. masc. agreeing with ἄνϑρωπον,§ 73.
32. ἄνϑρωπον--noun, seeNo. 2; acc. sing.,§ 30; governed,§ 97.
33. ἐρχόμενον--part. from ἔρχομαι, seeNo. 10; deponent,§ 40; pres. pass.,§ 55; sing.,§ 30; either acc. masc., (and then agreeing with ἄνϑρωπον,) or, as is better, (see John iii, 19,) nom. neut., (and then agreeing with φῶς.)
34. τόν--Seevii, 8.
35. κόσμον--noun, from κόσμος; acc. sing. 2d decl.,§ 30; governed,§ 94.
36. ἐν--Seevii, 1.
37. τῷ--art., dat. sing. masc.,§ 39; agrees with κοσμῳ,§ 73.
38. κόσμῳ--noun, seeNo. 35; dat. sing.,§ 8.
39. καί--Seevii, 6.
40. ὁ--Seevii, 4.
41. κόσμος--noun, seeNo. 35; subj.,§ 27.
42. αὐτόν--pron., seeNo. 7; acc. sing. masc.,§ 97.
43. ἔγνω--verb, from γιγνώσκω, (strengthened [§ 70] from root γνω, [§ 67,] =ourknow); 2d aor.,§ 57; ε is augment of indic.,§ 60; ω is root and union-vowel,§ 67; no other ending, hence 3d sing. act.,§ 49.
44. τὰ--art., plur. neut. acc.,§ 39.
45. ἴδια--adj., fr. ἴδιος; plur. neut. acc.,§ 30; agreement,§ 74; meaninghomehere, (lit.,the ownthings of him;) government,§ 44.
46. οἱ--art., nom. plur. masc.,§ 39.
47. ἴδιοι--adj., seeNo. 45; nom. plur. masc.,§ 30; meaningfamilyhere,§ 74; subj.,§ 27.
48. παρέλαβον--verb from παραλαμβάνω, compounded with παρά,near, (seeNo. 4,) as invii, 34; 2d aor.,§ 57; indic.,§ 42; 3d plur.,§ 49.
12Ὁσοι1δὲ2ἔλαβον3αὐτόν,4ἔδωκεν5αὐτοῖς6ἐξσυσίαν7Whoever, however, received him, he gave to them privilegeτέκνα8θεοῦ9γενέσϑαι,10τοῖς11πιστεύουσιν12εἰς13τὸ14children of God to become, to theonesbelieving to the13ὄνομα15αὐτοῦ·16οἳ17οὐκ18ἐξ19αἱμάτων,20οὐδὲ21ἐκname of him; who not out of bloods, nor out ofϑελήματος22σαρκός,23οὐδὲ ἐκ ϑελήματος22ἀνδρός,24ἀλλ'25ἐκwill of flesh, nor out of will of man, but out14θεοῦ ἐγεννήϑησαν.26Καὶ ὁ Λόγος27σὰρξ28 ἐγένετο,29καὶof God were born. And the Word flesh became, andἐσκήνωσεν30ἐν31ἡμῖν,32(καὶ ἐϑεασάμεϑα33τὴν δόξαν34tented among us, and we beheld the glory ofαὐτοῦ, δόξαν ὡς35μονογενοῦς36παρά37Πατρός,38) πλήρης39him, glory as ofanonly-born near fromaFather,) full15χάριτος40καὶ ἀληϑείας.41Ἰωάννης42μαρτυρεῖ43περὶ44of grace and truth. John testifies aboutαὐτοῦ, καὶ κέκραγε45λέγων·46Οὗτος47ἦν48ὃν49εἶπον·50Ὁhim, and has cried, saying. This washewhom I said, Theὀπίσω51μοῦ52ἐρχόμενος53ἔμπροσϑέν54μου γέγονεν,55ὅτι56onebehind me coming, before me has become; because16πρῶτός57μου ἦν. Καὶ ἐκ τοῦ πληρώματος58αὐτοῦ ἡμεῖς59first of me he was. And out of the fullness of him WE17πάντες60ἐλάβομεν,61καὶ62χάριν63ἀντὶ64χάριτος· ὅτι ὁall received, and grace for grace: because theνόμος65δίὰ Μωϋσέως66εδόϑη,67ἡ χάρις καὶ ἡ ἀλήϑειαlaw through Moses was given; the grace and the truth18διὰ Ἰησοῦ68Χριστοῦ69ἐγένετο.70θεὸν71οὐδείς72ἐώρακε73through Jesus Christ became. God no-one has seenπώποτε·74ὁ μονογενὴς75Υἱός,76ὁ ὢν77εἰς78τὸνever; the only-born Son, theonebeing into theκόλπον79τοῦ Πατρός, ἐκεῖνος80ἐξηγήσατο.81bosom of the Father, thatoneexplainedHim.
1. Comp. ὅσος,§ 39; nom. plur. masc.,§ 30.
2. Not first,§ 98.
3. λαμβάνω,vii, 34; 3 plur. 2 aor. act.
4.vii, 14; acc. sing. masc.,§ 39; gov.,§ 97.
5. διδωμι,§ 68; 3 sing.,§ 49; aug.,§ 60; mood-vowel,§ 42; ν,§ 17.
6.No. 4; dat. plur. masc.,§ 92.
7. ἐξονσία,§ 28; acc. sing.,§ 97.
8. τέκυον,§ 30; acc. sing., after neut. verb γενέσϑαι,§ 72.
9.vii, 9; gen. sing.§ 86.
10.vii, 15; 2 aor. mid. infin.,§ 54; accent peculiar.
11.vii, 4; dat. plur. masc.,§ 73.
12. πιστεύω; str. pres.,§ 58; act. part.,§ 55; οντς (§ 42) becomes ους,§§ 14,16,19; 3 decl.,§ 55; dat. plur.,§ 32; agrees with αὐτοῖς,§ 72; as if a noun,§ 74.
13.viii, 9; denotesclose union.
14.§ 39; agree.,§ 73.
15. neut. 3 decl. acc. sing.,§ 32; τ dropped in stem υατ,§ 18; gov.,§ 94.
16. AsNo. 6; gov.,§ 86.
17.vii, 19; nom. plur. masc.,§ 30; subj. of ἐγεννήϑησαν,§ 27.
18.viii, 8.
19. For ἐκ before a vowel,§ 18; atonic,§ 3.
20. αἷμα, neut. 3 decl. likeNo. 15; gen.,§ 81; plur. is Hebraistic, of natural descent; accent,§ 4.
21.vii, 17, used as conj.
22. ϑέλημα, likeNo. 15; gov.,§ 81.
23. σάρξ, fem. 3 decl.,§ 32; gov.,§ 86; accent special.
24. ἀνήρ, irreg. 3 decl.; gen. sing.,§ 86.
25.vii, 20.
26. γεννάω, strictly,I beget; prim. asvii, 15; 2 aor. pass. 3 plur., (analyze.)
27.vii, 5.
28.No. 23; nom. sing.,§ 32; ξ,§ 13.
29.vii, 15.
30. σκηνόω, from σκῆνος,a tent; 1 aor. act. 3 sing., (analyze.)
31.vii, 1.
32.§ 38; gov.,§ 88.
33. ϑείομαι, depon.,§ 40; 1 aor, mid., 1 plur., (analyze;) subj. ἡμεῖς understood,unemphatic.
34. δόξα,§ 29; acc. sing.,§ 97.
35. atonic,§ 3.
36. μονογενής, 3 decl., two term.,§ 34; gen. sing. masc.,§ 86; έος becomes οῦς,§ 6.
37. Takes gen., dat., or acc.
38. πατήρ, 3 decl., contr. likeNo. 24; gov.,§ 81.
39. 3 decl., likeNo. 36; nom. sing. masc.,§ 73.
40. χάρις, (τ dropped,§ 14); 3 decl. fem. sing.,§ 83.
41. ἀλήϑεια,§ 29; gen.sing.,§ 83; accent,§ 4.
42. 1 decl. masc.,§ 28.
43. μαρτυρέω,§ 62; pres. ind. act.,§ 42; 3 sing.,§ 49; έει becomes εῖ,§ 20.
44. Gen. as iffromthe center,§ 81.
45. κράξω, (§ 58) for κραγ,§ 57; perf. act.,§ 60; irreg.,§ 59; 3 sing.,§ 49.
46. λέγω,§ 65; pres. part. act.,§ 55; nom. masc. sing.,§ 32; ων for οντς,§ 19, andviii, 5.
47.§ 39.
48.vii, 3.
49.vii, 19; acc. sing. masc., attrib.,§ 97.
50. Def. verb; 2 aor. act. ind., 3 sing. for εεπ, (analyze.)
51. Gov. gen. likeNo. 44.
52.§ 38.
53. ἔρχομαι, depon.,§ 40; pres. part.,§ 55; nom. masc. sing.,§ 30.
54.No. 51; accent from "enclitic,"§ 3.
55.vii, 20.
56. Conj.
57. For πρότατος,§ 35; gov. gen. compar., (§ 85,) or attrib.,§ 86.
58. πλήρωμα, likeNo. 22; gov.,§ 81.
59.§ 38; emphat.,No. 33.
60.vii, 12; nom. plur. masc.,§ 73.
61.No. 3; 1 plur.,§ 49.
62.Even.
63.No. 40; acc. sing.,§ 32; depends upon ἐλάβομεν,§ 97; τ of stem dropped,§ 18.
64. Gov. gen.,§ 85.
65.§ 30.
66. Μωϋσέως,§ 32; Attic gen.,§ 33; gov.,§ 82.
67. δίδωμι,§ 67; reg. in 1 aor. pass.,§ 59; irreg. short root vowel,§ 66; long union-vowel,§ 42; 3 sing.,§ 52.
68. Irreg. gen. sing. from Ἰησοῦς,§ 30.
69. Χριστός,§ 40.
70.vii, 15.
71.vii, 9.
72. Comp. of οὐδέ,vii, 17, and εἷς, numeral, irreg.
73. ὁράω, irreg. redup.,§ 60; perf. act.,§ 59; 3 sing.
74. Comp. adv.
75.No. 36.
76.§ 30.
77. εἰμί,§ 69; likeNo. 46.
78.No 13.
79.§ 30.
80.viii, 19.
81. Depon. ἐξηγήομαι,§ 40; 1 aor. mid.,§ 59; aug. merged in first η,§ 61; indic.,§ 42; 3 sing.,§ 49.