πρῶτός (protos) in John 1:30: Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine

Adjective: πρῶτός supplies the quality expressed as before in John 1:30, where it the nominative masculine adjective is predicated of the coming One, and the genitive mou supplies the comparison or temporal reference point.

Adjective πρῶτός carries no verbal tense or aspect in John 1:30; before is determined by its clause relation.

For G4413 at John 1:30, no voice category is encoded by G4413. Its before agreement with the masculine singular person John has just called a man coming after him supplies the local relation.

πρῶτός has no mood marking. Its force belongs to John the Baptist's explanation that the One coming after him has surpassed him because He existed before him.

G4413 at John 1:30 has no person marking. Its before agreement connects G4413 with the masculine singular person John has just called a man coming after him.

Nominative aligns πρῶτός with the masculine singular person John has just called a man coming after him; case identifies that relation without deciding the paragraph's theology.

Singular matches the masculine singular person John has just called a man coming after him. The John 1:30 wording, not number alone, fixes the expression's reach.

Masculine follows the masculine singular person John has just called a man coming after him. The John 1:30 grammatical match adds no separate claim beyond that clause.

The unstated subject referring to the coming man whom John identifies

John the Baptist's explanation that the One coming after him has surpassed him because He existed before him

The nominative masculine adjective is predicated of the coming One, and the genitive mou supplies the comparison or temporal reference point.

The superlative-form tag does not require highest in this clause, and morphology alone does not establish the full doctrine of Christ's preexistence.

High: John explains Jesus' surpassing rank by pointing beyond the order of their public ministries to the One who was before him.

Although the form is tagged with a superlative marker, its construction with mou and ēn carries the contextual sense He was before me.. The nominative masculine adjective is predicated of the coming One, and the genitive mou supplies the comparison or temporal reference point.. Attached to the unstated subject referring to the coming man whom John identifies. Governed by John the Baptist's explanation that the One coming after him has surpassed him because He existed before him. The superlative-form tag does not require highest in this clause, and morphology alone does not establish the full doctrine of Christ's preexistence.

Why is this form translated before me rather than first or highest? The predicate construction with was and the genitive comparison point gives the adjective a temporal priority sense in this sentence.

Direct: Before makes the temporal relation explicit even though the same adjective can express first rank or sequence elsewhere.

The adjective's lexical range includes first and foremost, so clause construction must determine the English choice. John's statement supports preexistence in its literary setting, but adjective morphology alone cannot carry that doctrinal conclusion.

Superlative tag forces highest: Morphological degree does not override the temporal construction with was and the genitive me. one adjective proves complete Christology: John 1's wider testimony supplies the theological framework for Jesus' priority. morphology replaces literary context: The G4413 form clarifies the before relation in John 1:30; the surrounding passage establishes its scope.

At John 1:30, the John 1:30 source token πρῶτός is G4413, A-NSM-S. The G4413 John 1:30 Textus Receptus row therefore anchors this guide.

πρῶτος is the lemma behind before here. Within John 1:30, G4413 retains this exact lexical identity.

Although the form is tagged with a superlative marker, its construction with mou and ēn carries the contextual sense He was before me.

John explains Jesus' surpassing rank by pointing beyond the order of their public ministries to the One who was before him.

Within John 1, the statement coheres with the prologue's testimony that the Word already was in the beginning and later became flesh.

Distinguish ministry sequence from personal priority: Jesus comes after John publicly, yet John confesses that He was before him.

Do not force the morphology label into the English word first or highest when the clause requires before, and do not rest Christology on this adjective apart from the prologue.