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John 1:8
He was not that Light, but [was sent] to bear testimony of that Light.
John 1:8 · Webster Bible
John 1:8 in other translations
He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.
He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.
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In context
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name [was] John.
7 The same came for a witness, to bear testimony of the Light, that all [men] through him might believe.
8 He was not that Light, but [was sent] to bear testimony of that Light.
9 [That] was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11 He came to his own, and his own received him not.
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