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And because he needed not (kai hoti chreian eichen). Imperfect active, “and because he did not have need.”
That any one should bear witness concerning man (hina tis marturēsēi peri tou anthrōpou). Non-final use of hina with first aorist active subjunctive of martureō and the generic article (peri tou anthrōpou) concerning mankind as in the next clause also.
For he himself knew (autos gar eginōsken). Imperfect active, “for he himself kept on knowing” as he did from the start.
What was in man (ti ēn en tōi anthrōpōi). Indirect question with estin of the direct changed to the imperfect ēn, a rare idiom in the Koiné. This supernatural knowledge of man is a mark of deity. Some men of genius can read men better than others, but not in the sense meant here.