King James Version
John 5:33 in the King James Version says “Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.” — study this verse from John chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.”
John 5:33 · KJV
If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“sent”
G649set apart, i.e., (by implication) to send out (properly, on a mission) literally or figuratively
“unto”
G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
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