At Bethany beyond the Jordan John 1:29-34 29 On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, which [1]taketh away the sin of the world [_see 30 Isa. 53:7_]! This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man 31 which is become before me: for he was [2]before me. And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause 32 came I baptizing [3]with water. And John bare witness, saying, I have beheld the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven; and it 33 abode upon him. And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize [3]with water, he said unto me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding upon him, the same is he that 34 baptizeth [3]with the Holy Spirit. And I have seen, and have borne witness that this is the son of God.[a] [Footnote 1: Or, _beareth the sin._] [Footnote 2: Gr. _first in regard of me_.] [Footnote 3: Or, _in_.] [Footnote a: Put together the Baptist's testimonies to Jesus in sections 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 33, 57. Add John 1:6-15. Note also the four testimonies of Jesus to John, sections 49, 57, 86, 132. Observe the four successive days here in John 1:19, 29, 35, 43, and the third day from the last in John 2:1, making a week that is covered in detail (_cf._ the Passion Week at the close). We have other glimpses of special days in the ministry, as the Busy Day of the blasphemous accusation and the parables (Matt. 12 and 13). In John 1:39 the very hour is preserved, probably Roman time (ten in the morning), as John writes long after the destruction of Jerusalem and outside of Palestine and uses the Roman reckoning (midnight to midnight) in John 20:19. But see note 11 at end of Harmony for Ramsay's objections to this view.] § 28. JESUS MAKES HIS FIRST[a] DISCIPLES At Bethany beyond the Jordan John 1:35-51