There arose. question between John's disciples and the Jews.

The Revision reads "a Jew" which is supported by the best manuscripts. We can only conjecture the nature of this dispute. "The Jew," evidently not. disciple of either John or Jesus, but perhaps. Pharisee (see John 4:1), associated baptism with the bathings of the Jewish law for purification. The context shows that in. discussion with disciples of John he gave preference either to Christ's baptism, or to Christ himself, over John and his baptism. He probably also spoke of the great numbers who resorted to Christ.

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