John 1:8
He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
Hee was not that light, but was sent to beare witnesse of that light.
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4Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
4*Then saide Paul, Iohn verely baptized with the baptisme of repentance, saying vnto the people, that they should beleeue on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Iesus.
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John 1:8
Sense 1: Brightness or illumination. Sense 2: A source or opening that gives light. Sense 3: Figuratively, truth, knowledge, revelation, life, or favour contrasted with darkness. Sense 4: To illuminate or kindle. Sense 5: To alight or come upon. Sense 6: Slight, easy, swift, or not heavy.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Caused to go or be carried; dispatched.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: To carry, support, convey, endure, sustain, or be answerable for. Sense 2: To produce or bring forth offspring, fruit, or another result. Sense 3: In ‘bear witness’ or ‘bear record,’ to testify or give witness. Sense 4: A large wild animal.
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Sense 1: A person or thing that attests, testifies, records, or supplies evidence; also testimony, record, or the act of bearing testimony. Sense 2: To see in person, testify, attest, or give evidence.
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1:6¶ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
1:6¶ *There was a man sent from God, whose name was Iohn.
1:7The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
1:7The same came for a witnesse, to beare witnesse of the light, that all men through him might beleeue.
1:8He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
1:8Hee was not that light, but was sent to beare witnesse of that light.
Selected passage1:9That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
1:9 That was the true light, which lighteth euery man that commeth into the world.
1:10He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
1:10Hee was in the world, and *the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
1:11He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
1:11Hee came vnto his owne, and his owne receiued him not.
1:12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
1:12But as many as receiued him, to them gaue hee ‖power to become the sonnes of God, euen to them that beleeue on his Name:
1:13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
1:13Which were borne, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
1:14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
1:14*And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among vs (& we beheld his glory, the glory as of the onely begotten of the Father) full of grace and trueth.