John 1:7
New International Version
He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.

New Living Translation
to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony.

English Standard Version
He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.

Berean Standard Bible
He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.

Berean Literal Bible
He came as a witness, that he might testify concerning the Light, that all might believe through him.

King James Bible
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

New King James Version
This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe.

New American Standard Bible
He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe through him.

NASB 1995
He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe through him.

NASB 1977
He came for a witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him.

Legacy Standard Bible
He came as a witness, to bear witness about the Light, so that all might believe through him.

Amplified Bible
This man came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe [in Christ, the Light] through him.

Christian Standard Bible
He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that all might believe through him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that all might believe through him.

American Standard Version
The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He came for a witness, to testify about The Light, that everyone by him would believe.

Contemporary English Version
who came to tell about the light and to lead all people to have faith.

Douay-Rheims Bible
This man came for a witness, to give testimony of the light, that all men might believe through him.

English Revised Version
The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
John came to declare the truth about the light so that everyone would become believers through his message.

Good News Translation
who came to tell people about the light, so that all should hear the message and believe.

International Standard Version
He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that all might believe because of him.

Literal Standard Version
this one came for testimony, that he might testify about the Light, that all might believe through him;

Majority Standard Bible
He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.

New American Bible
He came for testimony, to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him.

NET Bible
He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that everyone might believe through him.

New Revised Standard Version
He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him.

New Heart English Bible
He came as a witness to testify about the light, that all might believe through him.

Webster's Bible Translation
The same came for a witness, to bear testimony of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

Weymouth New Testament
He came as a witness, in order that he might give testimony concerning the Light--so that all might believe through him.

World English Bible
The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.

Young's Literal Translation
this one came for testimony, that he might testify about the Light, that all might believe through him;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Witness of John
6There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John. 7He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe. 8He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.…

Cross References
Malachi 3:1
"Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple--the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight--see, He is coming," says the LORD of Hosts.

John 1:12
But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God--

John 1:15
John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, "This is He of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.'"

John 1:19
And this was John's testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, "Who are you?"

John 1:32
Then John testified, "I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.

John 3:26
So John's disciples came to him and said, "Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about--He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him."

John 5:33
You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.


Treasury of Scripture

The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

a witness.

John 1:19,26,27,32-34,36
And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? …

John 3:26-36
And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him…

John 5:33-35
Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth…

that.

John 1:9
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

John 3:26
And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.

Ephesians 3:9
And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

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(7) For a Witness.--Stress is laid upon the work of John as "witness." This was generally the object of his coming. It was specially to "bear witness of the Light." The purpose of testimony is conviction "that all men through him might believe," i.e., through John, through his witness. Compare with this purpose of the Baptist's work the purpose of the Apostle's writing, as he himself expresses it in the closing words of John 20; and also the condition and work of the Apostleship, as laid down by St. Peter at the first meeting after the Resurrection (Acts 1:21-22). The word "witness," with its cognate forms, is one of the key-notes of the Johannine writings recurring alike in the Gospel the Epistles, and the Apocalypse. This is partly concealed from the general reader by the various renderings "record," "testimony," "witness," for the one Greek root; but he may see by consulting any English concordance under these words, how frequently the thought was in the Apostle's mind. See especially Revelation 1:2; Revelation 1:9, Notes.

Verse 7. - This man came (historic, η΅λθε) for witness, that he might bear witness concerning the Light. The entire prophetic dispensation is thus characterized. That which the Baptist did, Malachi, Isaiah, Elijah, Hosea, Moses, had done in their day. He came, and by penetrating insight and burning word, by flashes of moral revelation and intense earnestness, "bare witness concerning the Light" which was ever shining into the darkness. His aim and theirs was to prevent the forces of darkness from suppressing or absorbing the light. He came to sting the apathy and disturb the self-complacency of the darkness. He came to interpret the fact of the Light which was shining but not apprehended; and so did all the prophetic ministry of which he was the latest and most illustrious exponent. He came to assert the meaning for man of all God's perfections; to call conscience from its death sleep; to draw distinctions of tremendous significance between moral and ceremonial obedience; to exalt obedience above sacrifice, and works meet for repentance above Abrahamic privilege; to warn by lurid threatenings of a fiery wrath and a terrible curse which would fall on the disobedient, though consecrated, people. In this he was but the last of a goodly fellowship of prophets who bore witness to the Light of life which had its being in the Eternal Logos of God. He came, as they all had come, with a view of producing results far greater than, as a matter of fact, they have actually achieved. He came to bear such testimony that all through him, i.e. by the force of his appeal or by the fierce glow thus cast upon the perils and follies of the hour, might believe - might realize the full significance of the Light which they had hitherto refused to accept. The greatness of this expectation corresponds with the hope which the ministry of Jesus failed also to realize (Matthew 11:9-14). The splendid ministry of this "burning and shining lamp" might, it would seem, have brought all Israel to acknowledge Christ as the Light of the world; but "the darkness apprehended it not." The entire prophetic dispensation, the testimony which the priestly services and sacrifices bore to the evil of sin and to the awfulness of righteousness, as well as the condemnation of the follies and pleasures of the world, involved in John the Baptist's ascetic profession, might have roused all Israel to believe in the Light. He gathered together all the forces of the Mosaic, prophetic, Levitical, Essenic ministries to bear on the people. Everything that Law could do was done to reveal the Light; but "all" did not believe, for "the darkness apprehended it not."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
He
οὗτος (houtos)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

came
ἦλθεν (ēlthen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2064: To come, go.

as
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

a witness
μαρτυρίαν (martyrian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3141: Witness, evidence, testimony, reputation. From martus; evidence given.

to
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

testify
μαρτυρήσῃ (martyrēsē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3140: To witness, bear witness, give evidence, testify, give a good report. From martus; to be a witness, i.e. Testify.

about
περὶ (peri)
Preposition
Strong's 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.

the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Light,
φωτός (phōtos)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 5457: Light, a source of light, radiance. From an obsolete phao; luminousness.

so that
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

through
δι’ (di’)
Preposition
Strong's 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

him
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

everyone
πάντες (pantes)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

might believe.
πιστεύσωσιν (pisteusōsin)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 4100: From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust.


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