Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
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Gill's Exposition
He that hath the bride,.... By whom particular persons seem here to be meant, who were called, converted, and brought to Christ, and were made his disciples, and baptized, and so were openly espoused…
Barnes' Notes
Bear me witness - You remember that at first I told you I was not the Messiah. As he had been “witness” to Jesus - as he came for no other end but to point him out to the Jews, they ought not to…
In these verses we have,
I. Christ's removal into the land of Judea (Joh 3:22), and there he tarried with his disciples. Observe, 1. Our Lord Jesus, after he entered upon his public work, travelled…
Cambridge Bible
Ye yourselves Though you are so indignant on my account.
bear me witness, that I said They had appealed to his testimony (Joh 3:3); he turns it against them.
before him -Before Him, of whom you…
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