Joh 3:28 | RWP | e4.org | I said ( ειπον ). As in , . He had always put Jesus ahead of him as the Messiah ( ). Before him ( εμπροσθεν εκεινου ). "Before that one" (Jesus) as his forerunner simply. I am sent ( απεσταλμενος ειμ ). Periphrastic perfect passive indicative of αποστελλω .

‏ John 3:28

I said ( ειπον ). As in 1:20, 23. He had always put Jesus ahead of him as the Messiah (1:15).

Before him ( εμπροσθεν εκεινου ). "Before that one" (Jesus) as his forerunner simply.

I am sent ( απεσταλμενος ειμ ). Periphrastic perfect passive indicative of αποστελλω.