John 1:28

Greek	ταῦταplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigοὗτος / αὕτη /τοῦτο greek Meaning: * These or this * This one, this person, this thing * They or he or she or it Demonstrative pronoun. οὗτος usually refers to something close to the speaker — “this” as opposed to ἐκεῖνος (John 9:161 John 5:111 Corinthians 15:501 John 4:9John 5:1Matthew 3:17John 7:26Luke 22:19 ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν greek Preposition meaning “in”. Βηθανίᾳ ἐγένετοplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγίνομαι greek Meaning * To Become * To Come into being * Generate * To Happen * Brought to pass Verb. Different from εἰμί (which means “to be” - a state of existence); γίνομαι, instead, emphasizes coming to be - a transition or event.John 1:14John 1:3Matthew 6:10 πέραν τοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article Ἰορδάνου, ὅπου ἦνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. ὁplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article Ἰωάννης βαπτίζων.
ESV	These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
NIV	This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
NLT	This encounter took place in Bethany, an area east of the Jordan River, where John was baptizing.
KJV	These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

^{John 1:27 ← John 1:28 → John 1:29}

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