Verse 33
He that receiveth his witness has set his seal to this that God is true.
God had spoken out of heaven in broad open daylight in the presence of a multitude, affirming of Jesus that "This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased"; and John here asserted his unwavering confidence in God's witness of Christ.
He that receiveth his witness ... contrasts with "no man receiveth his witness" in John 3:32, leading to the conclusion that John the Baptist here spoke of himself. Those who see something here that is "certainly beyond the scope of John's ministry or message"[30] would appear to have been reading the opinions of men more than they have been studying the word of the Lord.
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