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Joh_1:7. Εἰς μαρτυρίαν ] to bear witness; for John testified what had been prophetically made known to him by divine revelation respecting the Light which had come in human form. Comp. Joh_1:33.
ἵνα πάντες , κ . τ . λ .] Purpose of the μαρτυρήσῃ , final end of the ἦλθεν .
πιστεύσ .] i.e. in the light; comp. Joh_1:8-9; Joh_12:36.
διʼ αὐτοῦ ] by means of John, so far as he by his witness-bearing was the medium of producing faith: “and thus John is a servant and guide to the Light, which is Christ” (Luther); not by means of the light (Grotius, Lampe, Semler), for here it is not faith in God (1Pe_1:21) that is spoken of.