19And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
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And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; …
Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
Then said Paul, 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.
Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. …
And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-28)We have here the testimony of John, which he delivered to the messengers who were sent from Jerusalem to examine him. Observe here, I. Who they were that sent to him, and who they were that were sent. 1. They that sent to him were the Jews at Jerusalem , the great sanhedrim or high-commission court, which sat at Jerusalem, and was the representative of the Jewish church, who took cognizance of all…
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