John Gill Commentary Mark 1:8

"I baptized you in water; But he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit." — Mark 1:8 (ASV)

I indeed have baptized you with water
This was spoken to the baptized persons, partly to take off their dependence upon him and his baptism; and partly to direct their views to Christ, from whom the gifts and graces of the Spirit are alone to be had:

but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost ;
(See Gill on Matthew 3:11). One copy adds, "and with fire", as there: a Jewish writer says, the holy blessed God baptizes with fire, and the wise shall understand ^F16 .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F16: R. Menachem in Lev. viii. apud Ainsworth on Gen. xvii. 12.