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He that hath seen (ho heōrakōs). Perfect active articular participle of horaō. John the Apostle was there and saw this fact (still sees it, in fact). This personal witness disproves the theory of the Docetic Gnostics that Jesus did not have a real human body.
He knoweth (ekeinos oiden). That is John does like Joh 9:37. It is possible that ekeinos may be a solemn appeal to God as in Joh 1:33 or Christ as in 1Jo 3:5. Bernard argues that the final editor is distinguishing the Beloved Disciple from himself and is endorsing him. But the example of Josephus (War. III. 7, 16) is against this use of ekeinos. John is rather referring to himself as still alive.