26John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
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John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. …
For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
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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