A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: John (Biblia.com)

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Lange’s Commentary on the Holy Scriptures has served as a standard reference for more than a century. The subtitle “Critical, Doctrinal, and Homiletical” aptly describes the three-pronged approach to the biblical text. This translated version of the German text is often considered by many to be superior to the original.

Ver. 28. Ye yourselves bear me witness.—Ye yourselves, so jealous, bear witness to my modesty, in that ye recall how I bore witness to Him. But that.—Ἀλλ’ ὅτι seem only a transition to the discourse dependent on it (Meyer, Winer). Yet the expression might also point back to the Baptist’s description of himself (ch. 1:23), with the sense; τοῦτο εἰμί, ὅτι ἀπ.—Ἐκεῖνος refers to Jesus, of whom they had been speaking. De Wette. Ver. 29. He that hath the bride.—The Old Testament theocratic figure

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