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John 1:32 KJV
John · chapter 1 · verse 32
And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.John 1:32 · King James Version
John 1:32 in context
30This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
31And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
32And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
33And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
34And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
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Key words (Strong's)
- descendingkatabainōto go down, come down, descend, the place from which one has come down from, to come…G2597 →
- recordmartyreōto be a witness, to bear witnessG3140 →
- sayinglegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- sayinghotithat, because, sinceG3754 →
- Spiritpneumathe third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father…G4151 →
- heavenouranosthe vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it, the universe, the world…G3772 →
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We have in these verses an account of John's testimony concerning Jesus Christ, which he witnessed to his own disciples that followed him. As soon as ever Christ was baptized he was immediately hurried into the wilderness, to be tempted; and there he was forty days.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 29-36