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Although Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples (kaitoige Iè„sous autos ouk ebaptizen all' hoi mathè„tai autou). Parenthetical explanation that applies also to Joh 3:22. Imperfect tense means that it was not the habit of Jesus. This is the only N.T. instance of kaitoige (and yet indeed), compound conjunction (kaitoi in Act 14:17; Heb 4:3) with intensive particle ge added. This is the last mention of baptism under the direction of Jesus till the Great Commission (Mat 28:19). It is possible that Jesus stopped the baptizing because of the excitement and the issue raised about his Messianic claims till after his resurrection when he enjoined it upon his disciples as a rite of public enlistment in his service.