He (εκεινος). "That one," i.e. John. He was a light (John 5:35) as all believers are (Matthew 5:14), but n…

For a witne . To give testimony. He came to prepare the minds of the people to receive him (Matthew 3; Luke 3); to …

He was not that Light, but was sent.—It is necessary to repeat the statement of John’s position and work in an emphatic f…

The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear …

St. Augustine of Hippo: What was said above refers to the Divinity of Christ. He came to us in the form of a man, but a man in s…

“Witne ” (GK 3456) is distinctly a Johannine word. It is especially pertinent in this gospel, which attempts to establish by adequate testimony the…

He was not that light
He was a light; he was the forerunner of the sun of righteousness, the "phosphorus" of the Gos…

John the Baptist came to bear witne concerning Jesus. Nothing more fully shows the darkne of human minds than the fact that when the Light had appe…

1. Previously, the Evangelist considered the divinity of the Word; here he begins to consider the incarnation of the Word.

   In this, h…