John 3:28
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.”
Χριστός
The one set apart and equipped for a specific task. Oil was poured on kings, priests and prophets in the Old Testament — the anointing meant: this one is chosen, this one is sent. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads Isaiah — and then says: this is Me. I am the one sent.
πέμπω
Sent
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πέμπω
To send, to dispatch, to commission. God sent His Son born of a woman born under the law to redeem those under the law. Mission begins with sending and sending begins with love.
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μαρτυρέω
bear witness
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μαρτυρέω
To testify, to bear witness. We speak what we know and testify to what we have seen. Christian witness is personal experience not opinion.
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ἀποστέλλω
Sent
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ἀποστέλλω
set apart, i.e. (by implication) to send out (properly, on a mission) literally or figuratively
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ἐκεῖνος
Him.
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ἐκεῖνος
that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed
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ἔπω
I said
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ἔπω
to speak or say (by word or writing)
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εἰμί
I am
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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