Jean 1:34
And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
Note d'étude
Study Note
John the Baptist's testimony 'I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God' concludes the first cycle of testimony in the Fourth Gospel's prologue with an eyewitness declaration that grounds christological confession in specific historical seeing. The verb 'bare record' (memartureō, perfect tense) indicates a testimony that has been given and whose consequences persist, locating John's witness within the Johannine theme of testimony as the vehicle through which the Word's identity is communicated. Some manuscripts read 'the chosen one of God' rather than 'the Son of God,' a textual variant that connects the verse to Isaianic Servant language (Isaiah 42:1) and is preferred by some scholars as the harder reading. The verse initiates the discipleship movement of John 1:35-51 where the Baptist's testimony becomes the catalyst for Andrew's and Simon Peter's encounter with Jesus.
Autres traductions
And I have seen, and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.
and I have seen, and have testified, that this is the Son of God.'
This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.
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