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does not refer to Joh_1:26-27, where John bears his witness before the deputies from the Sanhedrim, but to an earlier testimony borne by him before his disciples and hearers, and in this definite enigmatic form, to which Joh_1:15 likewise refers
Joh_1:30 does not refer to Joh_1:26-27, where John bears his witness before the deputies from the Sanhedrim, but to an earlier testimony borne by him before his disciples and hearers, and in this definite enigmatic form, to which Joh_1:15 likewise refers. So essential is this characteristic form, that of itself it excludes the reference to Joh_1:26-27 (De Wette, Hengstenberg, Ewald, Godet, and others). The general testimony which John had previously borne to the coming Messiah, here receives its definite application to the concrete personality there standing before him, i.e. to Jesus.
ἐστί ] not ἦν again, as in Joh_1:15, for Jesus is now present.
ἐγώ ] possesses the emphasis of a certain inward feeling of prophetic certitude.
ἀνὴρ ] as coming from the Baptist, more reverential and honourable than ἄνθρωπος . Act_17:31; Zec_6:12; Dem. 426. 6; Herod, vii. 210; Xen. Hier. vii. 3.