Joh 1:26 | RWP | e4.org | In the midst of you standeth ( μεσος υμων στηκε ). Adjective as in , not εν μεσω υμων . Present active indicative of late verb στηκω from perfect stem εστηκα . John had already baptized Jesus and recognized him as the Messiah. Whom ye know not ( ον υμεις ουκ οιδατε ). This was the tragedy of the situation ( ). Apparently this startling declaration excited no further inquiry from the committee.

‏ John 1:26

In the midst of you standeth ( μεσος υμων στηκε ). Adjective as in 19:18, not εν μεσω υμων. Present active indicative of late verb στηκω from perfect stem εστηκα. John had already baptized Jesus and recognized him as the Messiah.

Whom ye know not ( ον υμεις ουκ οιδατε ). This was the tragedy of the situation (1:11). Apparently this startling declaration excited no further inquiry from the committee.