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Joh 1:32. Ἐμαρτύρησεν, bare record) as concerning a fact seen by himself and not by the people. The words which follow [comp. Joh 1:34] were part of his record [testimony]: the words which are spoken, Joh 1:29, etc. [comp. Joh 1:15; Joh 1:27], were part of his demonstration [the clear proof of Jesus’ Messiahship, which John demonstrated] from the record. The Evangelist interposes this in the midst of the connected words of the Baptist, as a sort of parenthesis; ἐμαρτύρησεν-ὅτι, John bare record, saying.-τεθέαμαι) I beheld.-ἐξούρανοῦ, from heaven) Construe this with καταβαῖνον, descending. The descent, at least in its last and lowest part, was equally determinate [in its direction] towards Jesus, as its abiding on Him.-ἔμεινεν, it abode) with a considerable stay [continuance].