John 8:18:5John.8.18.W5TAB
περὶ
peri
“about”
- Transliteration
- pe-RI
- Extended
- peh-RIH
- IPA
- /peˈri/
Meaning by language
- English
- about
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pe-RI
- sentence
e-GO EI-mi ho mar-ty-RON pe-RI e-mau-TOU KAI mar-ty-REI pe-RI e-MOU ho PEM-psas me pa-TÊR
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase peri ematou {περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ | perí emautoû} specifies the content of the testimony, emphasizing that the testimony concerns the speaker Himself.
Both clauses share the same prepositional expression peri emou {περὶ ἐμοῦ | perí emoû}, maintaining strict parallelism: Jesus testifies about Himself, and the Father testifies about Him. This dual-witness structure echoes legal standards of valid testimony and is preserved in translation by repeating “bears witness” or “testifies” and mirroring the syntax of the two coordinated clauses.
In context — John 8:18
I am the one bearing witness about Myself, and the Father who sent Me also bears witness about Me.
About this coordinate
John 8:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of John 8:18, so the Greek word περὶ (peri) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written John.8.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.18.W5.S1) and character.