Joh 1:7 | NET2full | STEP | He came as a witness to testify about the light , so that everyone might believe through him .

John 1:7

7 He came as a witness ^{▼▼tn Grk “came for a testimony.”} ^{▼▼sn Witness is also one of the major themes of John’s Gospel. The Greek verb μαρτυρέω (martureō) occurs 33 times (compare to once in Matthew, once in Luke, 0 in Mark) and the noun μαρτυρία (marturia) 14 times (0 in Matthew, once in Luke, 3 times in Mark).} to testify ^{▼▼tn Or “to bear witness.”} about the light, so that everyone ^{▼▼tn Grk “all.”} might believe through him.