I said (ειπον). As in 1:20,23. He had always put Jesus ahead of him as the Messiah (1:15).

Before him (εμπ…

Bear me witness. You remember that at first I told you I was not the Messiah. As he had been witness to Jesus—since he came for n…

You yourselves bear me witness.—They remembered (John 3:26) that John had borne witness to Jesus. Did they no…

After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea, and there he tarried with them, and baptized. And John also was baptiz…

St. John Chrysostom: When this question was raised, John did not rebuke his disciples for fear they might separate and turn to…

John showed no jealousy whatever; on the contrary, he reaffirmed his subordinate position (cf. 1:29–31). He would not claim for himself final autho…

You are witnesses to me. John earnestly reasons with his disciples that they did not believe his statements. He had often warned them that…

You yourselves bear me witness
In what they now said, and referred to, in describing Christ, as he to whom John bore…

John was fully satisfied with the place and work assigned to him, but Jesus came for a more important work. He also knew that Jesus would increase …

1. Here we have John’s answer to the question his disciples presented to him. Their question contained two points: a complaint about the off…