Bible Commentary

And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. 33. And I knew him not ] Or, as before, I also knew Him … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of John 1:33”

And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. 32. bare record ] Better, bare witness; comp. Joh 1:7-8 ; Joh 1:15 ; Joh 1:19 ; Joh 1:34. I saw ] Better, I have beheld, or contemplated (1Jn 4:12; 1Jn 4:14), the perfect of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of John 1:32”

And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. 31. And I knew him not ] Or, I also knew Him not; I, like you, did not at first know Him to be the Messiah. There is no contradiction between this and Mat … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of John 1:31”

This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. 30. of whom ] The best text gives, in behalf of whom. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Joh 1:30-34 This is He. The Redeemers identification I. IN HIS WORK as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of John 1:30”

The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. 29 34. The Testimony of the Baptist to the people 29. The next day ] These words prevent us from inserting the Temptation between Joh 1:28-29. The fact of the Baptist … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of John 1:29”

These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. 28. Bethabara ] The true reading is Bethany, which was changed to Bethabara owing to the powerful influence of Origen, who could find no Bethany beyond Jordan known in his day. But in 200 years the very name of an obscure place might … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of John 1:28”

He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose. 27. He it is ] These words and ‘is preferred before me’ are wanting in authority: the sentence should run, He that cometh after me, whose shoe’s latchet, &c., is standing in the midst of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of John 1:27”

John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; 26. ‘You ask for my credentials; and all the while He Who is far more than credentials to me is among you. I am not a prophet to foretell His coming, but a herald to proclaim that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of John 1:26”

And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elijah, neither that prophet? 25. Why baptizest thou then? ] ‘What right have you to treat Jews as if they were proselytes and make them submit to a rite which implies that they are impure?’ Had … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of John 1:25”

And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. 24. And they which, &c.] Perhaps the better reading is, and there had been sent some of the Pharisees. S. John mentions neither Sadducees nor Herodians; only the Pharisees, the sect most opposed to Christ, is remembered by the Evangelist who had gone furthest from Judaism. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of John 1:24”