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Therefore
Pointing back to Joh 3:22, and the controversy which arose about the two baptisms.
The Lord
See on Mat 21:3.
Knew (ἔγνω)
Or perceived. See on Joh 2:24.
Pharisees
John never alludes to the Sadducees by name. The Pharisees represented the opposition to Jesus, the most powerful and dangerous of the Jewish sects.
Made and baptized
Both verbs are in the present tense. The narrator puts himself at the scene of the story: is making and baptizing.