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Chapter 1

John 1:30

Verse

Οὗτός ἐστι περὶ οὗ ἐγὼ εἶπον, Ὀπίσω μου ἔρχεται ἀνὴρ ὃς ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν, ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν.
RBT Greek Interlinear:
3778  [list]
houtos
οὗτός
This
DPro-NMS
1510  [list]
estin
ἐστιν
is
V-PIA-3S
5228  [list]
hyper
ὑπὲρ
across
Prep
3739  [list]
hou
οὗ
whose
RelPro-GMS
1473  [list]
egō
ἐγὼ
myself
PPro-N1S
2036  [list]
eipon
εἶπον
said
V-AIA-1S
3694  [list]
Opisō
Ὀπίσω
After
Prep
1473  [list]
mou
μου
of myself
PPro-G1S
2064  [list]
erchetai
ἔρχεται
is coming
V-PIM/P-3S
435  [list]
anēr
ἀνὴρ
a man
N-NMS
3739  [list]
hos
ὃς
that
RelPro-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
RBT Translation:
Behold the First of Yourself
This one is across from51b whom myself has spoken, "Behind myself is coming52 a man who in front of myself has become, because first of myself he was.53
Blessed/happy are the Bent over ones with the Spirit, because the Queen of the Heavenly ones is of themselves. (Matt. 5:3 RBT)
LITV Translation:
This is He about whom I said, After me comes a Man who has been before me, for He was preceding me.
ESV Translation:
This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’

Footnotes

51b

Greek #5228 ὑπέρ. huper. Over, beyond, on the other side, across from. A spatial preposition. The figurative uses might be "for the benefit," "for the sake of," but figurative use is conjecture, speculation, and based on what one perceives the context to be. It is found in John in the genitive case which would give the meaning "across from".

The translations "for the sake of" or "extending benefit to" seem rather contrary to a genitive case and should rather have a dative case. In other places it is found taking an accusative which would give it the meaning of "beyond."

52

To understand the enigma you must know the truth about the flow and direction of time. These are two aspects of time that act like a river flowing in a circuit. Then you must realize where you yourself are within the flow, and what direction you are facing.

53

This won’t make sense until you figure out the picture-riddle of Jacob crossing over first, facing his household, and Joseph, the coming one, last, at the hind of the whole. Genesis 33.