John 1:35

THIRD testimony of the Baptist to Jesus in the presence of two of his disciples, with the effects, 35-42.

35. John stood Doubtless upon the banks of the Jordan, contemplating his sacred work.

And two of his disciples Our Evangelist gradually approaches the touching moment when Jesus was made known to himself; not however in the feeling of self-importance (for he delicately omits the mention of his own name) but of tender personal interest. That the unnamed disciple here is John himself, is evident froth his usual method of implying rather than mentioning himself by name.