John 1:6

Verse

Ἐγένετο ἄνθρωπος ἀπεσταλμένος παρὰ Θεοῦ, ὄνομα αὐτῷ Ἰωάννης.

RBT Greek Interlinear:

1096; Egeneto; Ἐγένετο; Has become; V-AIM-3S

444; anthrōpos; ἄνθρωπος; man; N-NMS

649; apestalmenos; ἀπεσταλμένος; he who has been sent; V-RPM/P-NMS

3844; para; παρὰ; close beside; Prep

2316; Theou; Θεοῦ; of God; N-GMS

3686; onoma; ὄνομα; name; N-NNS

846; autō; αὐτῷ; to himself; PPro-DM3S

2491; Iōannēs; Ἰωάννης; Favored; N-NMS

RBT Translation:

Sent Away from Himself

A man became, he who has been sent away from close beside¹² God. A name to himself is the Favored.¹³

Sent away from close beside God = Favored.

LITV Translation:
There was a man sent from God; his name was John.

ESV Translation:
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

Footnotes

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Sent Away from the Self

Strongs NT #649 apostéllō to send away

There are around 133 occurances of this word in the NT, and forms the basis of the word "apostle". 

649 (from 575 /apó, "away from" and 4724 /stéllō, "send") – properly, send away, i.e. commission; (passive) "sent on a defined mission by a superior."

To be "sent away" is to be sent away from the center, self, God. Not merely sent by God.

Strong’s NT #3844, para. next to, close beside, by the side of, by, beside.

3844 pará (a preposition) – properly, close beside. 3844 /pará ("from closely alongside") introduces someone (something) as very "close beside."

(cf. HELPS Word Studies)

In the genitive "from close beside". 

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Definite/Emphasized Names

John (#G2491 Yohannes) originates from the Hebrew Yochanan (#3076) meaning favor of Yahweh or He is Favored.

In Ancient Greek it's common to see the definite article ὁ (ho) used with personal names like Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous), which means "Jesus." This usage is idiomatic and serves to specify or emphasize the person being referred to. It's similar to saying "the Jesus" in English. Because the Names are not unimportant, but have purpose, we translate them with the definite article to bring out the emphasis.