King James Version
John 1:6 in the King James Version says “There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.” — study this verse from John chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.”
John 1:6 · KJV
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. comprehended: or, did not admit, or, receive
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“There was”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“sent”
G649set apart, i.e., (by implication) to send out (properly, on a mission) literally or figuratively
“from”
G3844properly, near; i.e., (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subj
“God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
“whose”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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