John 1:15
Verse
2491
[list] Iōannēs Ἰωάννης Favored N-NMS |
3140
[list] martyrei μαρτυρεῖ bears witness V-PIA-3S |
4012
[list] peri περὶ around Prep |
846
[list] autou αὐτοῦ himself PPro-GM3S |
2532
[list] kai καὶ and Conj |
2896
[list] kekragen κέκραγεν he cried out V-RIA-3S |
3004
[list] legōn λέγων he who is saying V-PPA-NMS |
3778
[list] Houtos Οὗτος This DPro-NMS |
1510
[list] ēn ἦν was V-IIA-3S |
3739
[list] hon ὃν which RelPro-AMS |
2036
[list] eipon εἶπον said V-AIA-1S |
3588
[list] Ho Ὁ the Art-NMS |
3694
[list] opisō ὀπίσω behind Prep |
1473
[list] mou μου of myself PPro-G1S |
2064
[list] erchomenos ἐρχόμενος he who comes V-PPM/P-NMS |
1715
[list] emprosthen ἔμπροσθέν precedence Prep |
1473
[list] mou μου of myself PPro-G1S |
1096
[list] gegonen γέγονεν has become V-RIA-3S |
3754
[list] hoti ὅτι that Conj |
4413
[list] prōtos πρῶτός [the] foremost Adj-NMS |
1473
[list] mou μου of myself PPro-G1S |
1510
[list] ēn ἦν was V-IIA-3S |
The First One Genesis 8:7
The Favored is bearing witness from around himself and has croaked [as a raven],24 he who says, "This one was him whom I spoke. The one in the back of myself has become him who is coming in the front of myself, because he was first of myself."24bwitnesses concerning Him, and has cried out, saying, This One was He of whom I said, He coming after me has been before me, for He was preceding me.
(John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”)
Footnotes
24 | Strong’s #G2896, krazó. To croak. A word used of both the raven and a frog. “post-Homer, croak, of the raven, , Thphr.l.c.; of frogs, “” Ar.Ra. l. c., cf. : generally, scream, shriek, cry.” Cf. . |
24b | The Ego Self The Greek word ἐγώ (ego) appears about 2600 times in the NT. In ancient Greek philosophy and language, the term "ἐγώ" (ego), representing the first-person singular pronoun "I" or "me," is was a fundamental element of ancient Greek philosophy for discussions aroun self-awareness, personal identity, communication and expression, agency, and autonomy. The Scriptures point to the colony of bees as a the example for building a honeycomb, producing honey, and "guarding" a queen. Under a queen bee, a bee colony exhibits characteristics of a "swarm intelligence" which resembles a collective conscience or "self" awareness. If there be from the many, one ἐγώ, what would this mean for autonomy and agency? The Writings are pointing squarely to this ἐγώ and the belief into it. |