This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
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Gill's Exposition
This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ,.... By "water" is not meant the ablutions or washings of the ceremonial law; Christ came not by these, but to make an end of them; his…
Barnes' Notes
This is he - This Son of God referred to in the previous verse. The object of the apostle in this verse, in connection with 1Jo 5:8, is to state the nature of the evidence that Jesus is the Son of…
Adam Clarke
This is he that came by water and blood - Jesus was attested to be the Son of God and promised Messiah by water, i.e. his baptism, when the Spirit of God came down from heaven upon him, and the voice…
The faith of the Christian believer (or the believer in Christ) being thus mighty and victorious, it had need to be well founded, to be furnished with unquestionable celestial evidence concerning the…
Cambridge Bible
This is he that came Closely connected with what precedes: -This Son of Godis He that came". The identity of the historic person Jesus with the eternal Son of God is once more insisted upon as the…
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