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<a href="/esv/john/6.htm">English Standard Version</a> Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? <a href="/bsb/john/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Then what will happen if you see the Son of Man ascend to where He was before? <a href="/blb/john/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Then what if you should see the Son of Man ascending to where He was before? <a href="/kjv/john/6.htm">King James Bible</a> What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? <a href="/nkjv/john/6.htm">New King James Version</a> What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before? <a href="/nasb_/john/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> What then if you see the Son of Man ascending to where He was before? <a href="/nasb/john/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220What then if you see the Son of Man ascending to where He was before? <a href="/nasb77/john/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “What then if you should behold the Son of Man ascending where He was before? <a href="/lsb/john/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> What then if you see the Son of Man ascending to where He was before? <a href="/amp/john/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> What then [will you think] if you see the Son of Man ascending to [the realm] where He was before? <a href="/csb/john/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Then what if you were to observe the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? <a href="/hcsb/john/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Then what if you were to observe the Son of Man ascending to where He was before? <a href="/asv/john/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> What then if ye should behold the Son of man ascending where he was before? <a href="/cev/john/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> What if you should see the Son of Man go up to heaven where he came from? <a href="/erv/john/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> What then if ye should behold the Son of man ascending where he was before? <a href="/gwt/john/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> What if you see the Son of Man go where he was before? <a href="/gnt/john/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> Suppose, then, that you should see the Son of Man go back up to the place where he was before? <a href="/isv/john/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> What if you saw the Son of Man going up to the place where he was before? <a href="/msb/john/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Then what will happen if you see the Son of Man ascend to where He was before? <a href="/net/john/6.htm">NET Bible</a> Then what if you see the Son of Man ascending where he was before? <a href="/nheb/john/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? <a href="/wbt/john/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> What if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? <a href="/wey/john/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "Does this seem incredible to you? What then if you were to see the Son of Man ascending again where He was before? <a href="/web/john/6.htm">World English Bible</a> Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> If then you may behold the Son of Man going up where He was before? <a href="/blb/john/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Then what if you should see the Son of Man ascending to where He was before? <a href="/ylt/john/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> if then ye may behold the Son of Man going up where he was before? <a href="/slt/john/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> If then ye see the Son of man going up where he was before.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> If then you shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? <a href="/cpdv/john/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> <V 6:63>Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending to where he was before? <a href="/nabre/john/6.htm">New American Bible</a> What if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? <a href="/nrsvce/john/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> What then if you should see the Son of man ascending to the place where he was before? <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/6.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “Truly you will see therefore The Son of Man ascending to the place where he was from the first.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/6.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Then, what if you should see the Son of man go up where he was before? <a href="/godbey/john/6.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>If then you may see the Son of man ascending up, where He was formerly?<Fr> <a href="/haweis/john/6.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> What then if ye see the Son of man ascending where he was formerly? <a href="/mace/john/6.htm">Mace New Testament</a> what if you should see the son of man ascend up where he was before? <a href="/wey/john/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "Does this seem incredible to you? What then if you were to see the Son of Man ascending again where He was before? <a href="/worrell/john/6.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>What, then, if ye behold the Son of Man ascending where He was before?<Fr> <a href="/worsley/john/6.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> What<FR> then, if ye should see the Son of man ascending up, where He was before?<Fr> <a href="/parallel/john/6-62.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=2207" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/6.htm">Many Disciples Turn Back</a> …61Aware that His disciples were grumbling about this teaching, Jesus asked them, “Does this offend you? 62<a href="/greek/3767.htm" title="3767: oun (Conj) -- Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.">Then</a> <a href="/greek/1437.htm" title="1437: ean (Conj) -- If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.">what will happen if</a> <a href="/greek/2334.htm" title="2334: theōrēte (V-PSA-2P) -- From a derivative of theaomai; to be a spectator of, i.e. Discern, (experience) or intensively (acknowledge).">you see</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/5207.htm" title="5207: Huion (N-AMS) -- A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a son, used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.">Son</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/444.htm" title="444: anthrōpou (N-GMS) -- A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.">of Man</a> <a href="/greek/305.htm" title="305: anabainonta (V-PPA-AMS) -- To go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up. From ana and the base of basis; to go up.">ascend</a> <a href="/greek/3699.htm" title="3699: hopou (Adv) -- Where, whither, in what place. From hos and pou; what(-ever) where, i.e. At whichever spot.">to where</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: ēn (V-IIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">He was</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4386.htm" title="4386: proteron (Adj-ANS-C) -- Formerly, before. Neuter of proteros as adverb; previously.">before? </a> 63The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/acts/1-9.htm">Acts 1:9-11</a> After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight. / They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. / “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.” <a href="/ephesians/4-8.htm">Ephesians 4:8-10</a> This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.” / What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth? / He who descended is the very One who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things. <a href="/philippians/2-9.htm">Philippians 2:9-11</a> Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names, / that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, / and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. <a href="/mark/16-19.htm">Mark 16:19</a> After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. <a href="/luke/24-50.htm">Luke 24:50-51</a> When Jesus had led them out as far as Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them. / While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven. <a href="/hebrews/4-14.htm">Hebrews 4:14</a> Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess. <a href="/1_timothy/3-16.htm">1 Timothy 3:16</a> By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory. <a href="/john/3-13.htm">John 3:13</a> No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man. <a href="/john/17-5.htm">John 17:5</a> And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed. <a href="/daniel/7-13.htm">Daniel 7:13-14</a> In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence. / And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed. <a href="/psalms/68-18.htm">Psalm 68:18</a> You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there. <a href="/isaiah/52-13.htm">Isaiah 52:13</a> Behold, My Servant will prosper; He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted. <a href="/proverbs/30-4.htm">Proverbs 30:4</a> Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know! <a href="/micah/5-2.htm">Micah 5:2</a> But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity. <a href="/psalms/110-1.htm">Psalm 110:1</a> A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>What and if you shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?<a href="/john/3-13.htm">John 3:13</a> And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.<a href="/john/16-28.htm">John 16:28</a> I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.<a href="/john/17-4.htm">John 17:4,5,11</a> I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/obadiah/1-21.htm">Ascend</a> <a href="/john/1-51.htm">Ascending</a> <a href="/acts/26-8.htm">Incredible</a> <a href="/luke/16-15.htm">Seem</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/20-17.htm">Ascend</a> <a href="/john/20-17.htm">Ascending</a> <a href="/acts/26-8.htm">Incredible</a> <a href="/acts/6-2.htm">Seem</a><div class="vheading2">John 6</div>1. <a href="/john/6-1.htm">Jesus feeds five thousand men with five loaves and two fishes.</a> 15. <a href="/john/6-15.htm">Thereupon the people would have made him king;</a> 16. <a href="/john/6-16.htm">but withdrawing himself, he walks on the sea to his disciples;</a> 26. <a href="/john/6-26.htm">reproves the people flocking after him, and all the fleshly hearers of his word;</a> 32. <a href="/john/6-32.htm">declares himself to be the bread of life to believers.</a> 66. <a href="/john/6-66.htm">Many disciples depart from him.</a> 68. <a href="/john/6-68.htm">Peter confesses him.</a> 70. <a href="/john/6-70.htm">Judas is a devil.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Then what will happen This phrase introduces a rhetorical question posed by Jesus, challenging His audience's understanding and belief. It implies a future event that will test their faith. The context is Jesus addressing the skepticism of His followers after His teaching on being the Bread of Life. This question serves to provoke thought about their current disbelief and how it will be challenged by future events.if you see the Son of Man "Son of Man" is a title Jesus frequently uses for Himself, emphasizing both His humanity and His divine authority. It connects to <a href="/daniel/7-13.htm">Daniel 7:13-14</a>, where the Son of Man is given dominion and glory. This title underscores Jesus' role in God's redemptive plan and His authority to speak on heavenly matters.ascend to where He was before? This refers to Jesus' ascension into heaven, which is recorded in <a href="/acts/1-9.htm">Acts 1:9-11</a>. It points to His pre-existence and divine origin, affirming His deity. The ascension is a pivotal event that confirms Jesus' return to the Father and His exaltation. It also foreshadows the promise of His return, as mentioned in <a href="/acts/1-11.htm">Acts 1:11</a>. This phrase challenges the audience to consider the implications of Jesus' heavenly origin and destiny, reinforcing His authority and the truth of His teachings.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The central figure in this passage, referred to as the "Son of Man," a title emphasizing both His humanity and divine authority. 2. <a href="/topical/d/disciples.htm">Disciples</a> The immediate audience of Jesus' teaching, struggling to understand His message about His divine origin and mission. 3. <a href="/topical/a/ascension.htm">Ascension</a> The event Jesus alludes to, where He will return to His heavenly origin, prefiguring His ascension after the resurrection. 4. <a href="/topical/h/heaven.htm">Heaven</a> The place Jesus refers to as "where He was before," indicating His pre-existence and divine nature. 5. <a href="/topical/c/capernaum.htm">Capernaum</a> The location where Jesus delivered this discourse, a significant place in His ministry.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_jesus'_divine_nature.htm">Understanding Jesus' Divine Nature</a> Jesus' reference to His ascension underscores His divine origin and authority. Believers are called to recognize and affirm the full divinity and humanity of Christ. <a href="/topical/f/faith_in_the_unseen.htm">Faith in the Unseen</a> Jesus challenges His disciples to believe in His heavenly origin and future ascension, even though they have not yet witnessed it. This calls believers to trust in the truths of Scripture, even when they are beyond human understanding. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_the_ascension.htm">The Importance of the Ascension</a> The ascension is a pivotal event in Christian theology, marking the completion of Jesus' earthly ministry and His exaltation. It assures believers of His ongoing intercession and the promise of His return. <a href="/topical/l/living_with_an_eternal_perspective.htm">Living with an Eternal Perspective</a> Jesus' ascension reminds believers to live with an eternal perspective, focusing on heavenly realities rather than earthly concerns. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_holy_spirit.htm">The Role of the Holy Spirit</a> Jesus' ascension paved the way for the coming of the Holy Spirit, empowering believers to live out their faith and continue His mission on earth.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 6</a> <a href="/q/heaven_entry_requirement.htm">What is the requirement to go to heaven?</a> <a href="/q/did_jesus_claim_to_be_god.htm">Didn't Jesus never actually claim to be God?</a> <a href="/q/how_did_the_blind_man_recognize_jesus.htm">In John 9:35-38, how could the blind man immediately acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God without prior teaching?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'god_is_love'_signify.htm">Has anyone ever ascended to heaven?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(62) What and if ye shall see . . .?--Our version adds the word "what," as will be seen from the italics, but it rightly expresses the sense. Literally, we should read, If then ye should behold the Son of Man ascending up where He was before? The Ascension would be the proof of the coming down from heaven (<a href="/john/6-58.htm" title="This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eats of this bread shall live for ever.">John 6:58</a>), which is part of the teaching they cannot now accept. The margin refers to the more formal statement of this in <a href="/john/3-13.htm" title="And no man has ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.">John 3:13</a>. The reader should also compare <a href="/john/20-17.htm" title="Jesus said to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brothers, and say to them, I ascend to my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.">John 20:17</a>, where the Ascension is again assumed, and <a href="/context/ephesians/4-9.htm" title="(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?">Ephesians 4:9-10</a>. Comments on these incidental references by St. John to an event he does not record have been made too frequently without noting that, in each case, the speaker is Jesus, to whose thoughts this end of subjection to earthly laws, in subjecting them to Himself, was ever present. St. John, in his own narrative, nowhere mentions the fact of the Ascension, nor does he in any way refer to it. That he could write these words without doing so is an assurance of his own knowledge of the glorious sequel of the Resurrection, and of its unquestioned acceptance in the Church.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 62. - If it does put difficulties in your way, then how will it be if you behold the Son of man ascending up to where he was before? This unfinished and ambiguous sentence and query have been variously interpreted. Some have argued that our Lord here simply refers to the "resurrection;" that he told his hearers they would have an opportunity of observing that, after death, he would return to where he was before, that is, to the conditions of earthly life. The striking antithesis between "descending from" and "ascending" almost compels the repudiation of this view. Did Christ, however, mean to ask them whether, under the new condition of things, all ground of offence would not be taken away? or to imply that their faith would have to be put to a still greater strain, and that they would stumble at length irretrievably? Lucke, De Wette, Kuinoel, Meyer, chiefly urge the latter, and on the ground: (1) That in John's Gospel the death of Christ is always looked at as his real glorification, and that therefore by ἀναβαίνειν, he was referring in his euphemistic fashion to his death in the true Johannine phrase as a going to God (cf. <a href="/john/13-3.htm">John 13:3</a>, a return to the Father; 14; 16:5, 28). (2) That John does not describe the Ascension as a physical fact. Meyer does not allow that <a href="/john/3-13.htm">John 3:13</a> and John 20:17 are sufficient with this phrase to justify such a reference to the great event referred to by Mark, Luke, and Paul, and the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews. Against Meyer and those who agree with him it should be noticed that ἀναβαίνειν is never used for "death" of Christ. The phrases, ὑπάγειν τῷ Πάτρι, and ἔλθειν, etc., are used for this purpose. Moreover, when a phrase was wanted to denote the twofold idea of uplifting on the cross and ascension to the skies, ὑψωθήναι, is the word twice used in the Fourth Gospel (<a href="/john/3-14.htm">John 3:14</a>; <a href="/john/12-32.htm">John 12:32-34</a>). Moreover, if death could be realized as such a θεωρεῖν of glory and fulness of life, the offence of the cross, and scandal of participation in and dependence upon the flesh and blood of Christ, would be reduced and not augmented. To Meyer's objection that these Galilaean disciples would not see the ascending Christ, and therefore the supposition would be tantalizing, it is sufficient to reply (1) that, in a similar sense, there was no reason to suppose they would see the Lord suffer and die upon the cross; . . . <a href="/commentaries/john/6-62.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Then οὖν (oun) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3767.htm">Strong's 3767: </a> Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. what [ will happen ] if ἐὰν (ean) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1437.htm">Strong's 1437: </a> If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc. you see θεωρῆτε (theōrēte) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2334.htm">Strong's 2334: </a> From a derivative of theaomai; to be a spectator of, i.e. Discern, (experience) or intensively (acknowledge). the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Son Υἱὸν (Huion) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5207.htm">Strong's 5207: </a> A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship. of Man ἀνθρώπου (anthrōpou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_444.htm">Strong's 444: </a> A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. ascend ἀναβαίνοντα (anabainonta) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_305.htm">Strong's 305: </a> To go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up. From ana and the base of basis; to go up. to where ὅπου (hopou) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3699.htm">Strong's 3699: </a> Where, whither, in what place. From hos and pou; what(-ever) where, i.e. At whichever spot. He was ἦν (ēn) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. before? πρότερον (proteron) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular - Comparative <a href="/greek/strongs_4386.htm">Strong's 4386: </a> Formerly, before. 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