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He came as a witness[a] to testify[b] about the light, so that everyone[c] might believe through him.

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:7 tn Grk “came for a testimony.”sn Witness is also one of the major themes of John’s Gospel. The Greek verb μαρτυρέω (martureō) occurs 33 times (compare to once in Matthew, once in Luke, 0 in Mark) and the noun μαρτυρία (marturia) 14 times (0 in Matthew, once in Luke, 3 times in Mark).
  2. John 1:7 tn Or “to bear witness.”
  3. John 1:7 tn Grk “all.”

He came as a witness to testify(A) concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.(B)

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He came to tell people the truth about the Light so that through him all people could hear about the Light and believe.

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