Joh 1:20 | RWP | e4.org | And he confessed ( κα ωμολογησεν ). The continued paratactic use of κα (and) and the first aorist active indicative of ομολογεω , old verb from ομολογος ( ομον, λεγω , to say the same thing), to confess, in the Synoptics ( ) as here. And denied not ( κα ουκ ηρνησατο ). Negative statement of same thing in Johannine fashion, first aorist middle indicative of αρνεομα , another Synoptic and Pauline word ( ; ). He did not contradict or refuse to say who he was. And he confessed ( κα ωμολογησεν ). Thoroughly Johannine again in the paratactic repetition. I am not the Christ ( Εγω ουκ ειμ ο Χριστος ). Direct quotation again with recitative οτ before it like our modern quotation marks. "I am not the Messiah," he means by ο Χριστος (the Anointed One). Evidently it was not a new question as Luke had already shown ( ).

‏ John 1:20

And he confessed ( κα ωμολογησεν ). The continued paratactic use of κα (and) and the first aorist active indicative of ομολογεω, old verb from ομολογος ( ομον, λεγω, to say the same thing), to confess, in the Synoptics (Mt 10:32) as here.

And denied not ( κα ουκ ηρνησατο ). Negative statement of same thing in Johannine fashion, first aorist middle indicative of αρνεομα, another Synoptic and Pauline word (Mt 10:33; 2Ti 2:12). He did not contradict or refuse to say who he was.

And he confessed ( κα ωμολογησεν ). Thoroughly Johannine again in the paratactic repetition.

I am not the Christ ( Εγω ουκ ειμ ο Χριστος ). Direct quotation again with recitative οτ before it like our modern quotation marks. "I am not the Messiah," he means by ο Χριστος (the Anointed One). Evidently it was not a new question as Luke had already shown (Lu 3:15).