Joh 2:25 | RWP | e4.org | And because he needed not ( κα οτ χρειαν ειχεν ). Imperfect active, "and because he did not have need." That any one should bear witness concerning man ( ινα τις μαρτυρηση περ του ανθρωπου ). Non-final use of ινα with first aorist active subjunctive of μαρτυρεω and the generic article ( περ του ανθρωπου ) concerning mankind as in the next clause also. For he himself knew ( αυτος γαρ εγινωσκεν ). Imperfect active, "for he himself kept on knowing" as he did from the start. What was in man ( τ ην εν τω ανθρωπω ). Indirect question with εστιν of the direct changed to the imperfect ην , a rare idiom in the Koine . This supernatural knowledge of man is a mark of deity. Some men of genius can read men better than others, but not in the sense meant here.

‏ John 2:25

And because he needed not ( κα οτ χρειαν ειχεν ). Imperfect active, "and because he did not have need."

That any one should bear witness concerning man ( ινα τις μαρτυρηση περ του ανθρωπου ). Non-final use of ινα with first aorist active subjunctive of μαρτυρεω and the generic article ( περ του ανθρωπου ) concerning mankind as in the next clause also.

For he himself knew ( αυτος γαρ εγινωσκεν ). Imperfect active, "for he himself kept on knowing" as he did from the start.

What was in man ( τ ην εν τω ανθρωπω ). Indirect question with εστιν of the direct changed to the imperfect ην, a rare idiom in the Koine. This supernatural knowledge of man is a mark of deity. Some men of genius can read men better than others, but not in the sense meant here.