And I saw, and bare record Better, And I have seen and have borne witness. -I have seen" is in joyous contrast to -I knew Him not," John 1:31; John 1:33. -Have borne witness" is the same verb as in John 1:7; John 1:32: hence -witness" is preferable to -record" both here and in John 1:32.

the Son of God The Messiah. This declaration of the Baptist agrees with and confirms the account of the voice from heaven (Matthew 3:17).

These verses, 32 34, prove that S. John does not, as Philo does, identify the Logos with the Spirit.

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