Joh 1:26. Μέσος[30]) ὑμῶν, in the midst of you) especially at the time of His baptism.-ἕστηκεν) Hath taken His stand [statuit sese].-οὐκ οἴδατε, ye know not) He addresses the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who had not been present at the baptism of Jesus: and he whets their desires, that they may be anxious to become acquainted with Him.
[30] δέ, but) The Antithesis is to be taken from the pre-eminence of Him who followed after John: He truly baptizes with the Holy Ghost, ver. 33.-V. g.