John Bengel Commentary - John 1:31 - 1:31

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John Bengel Commentary - John 1:31 - 1:31


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Joh 1:31. Οὐκ ᾔδειν) I knew Him not by face, just as yourselves [knew Him not], Joh 1:26. “There standeth one among you, whom ye know not;” at the time that I said, There cometh after me: see Mat 3:14, notes. This manifestly tends to prove that John was divinely instructed to testify as to Christ Jesus.-ἵνα, that) expresses not the sole end, but still the primary one, why he came baptizing with water; Act 19:4 : “John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on Him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.”-βαπτίζων, baptizing) The connecting link of [i.e. of the previous words with] the words of John the Baptist, after the parenthesis of the Evangelist, presently to be observed.