32. Et testimonium perhibuit 32. And John gave testimony, Ioannes, dicens: Quia vidi saying: I saw the Spirit Spiritum descendentem quasi coming down as a dove from columbam de coelo, et mansit heaven, and he remained upon super eum. him. 33. Et ego nesciebam eum: sed 33. And I knew him not: but qui misit me baptizare in he, who sent me to baptize aqua, ille mihi dixit: Super with water, said to me: He quem videris Spiritum upon whom thou shalt see the descendentem, et manentem Spirit descending and super eum, hic est qui remaining upon him, he it is baptizat in Spiritu Sancto. that baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. 34. Et ego vidi: et 34. And I saw; and I gave testimonium perhibui quia hic testimony, that this is the est Filius Dei. Son of God. 32‐34. Some, as Patrizzi, take this as a new testimony; others, with more probability, take it as a continuation of the preceding, and say that our Evangelist inserts the words, *and John gave testimony*, in the middle of the Baptist’s words, in order to arrest the reader’s attention. The Baptist here declares what he had beheld after the baptism of Christ (Matt. iii. 16), and how that sign had been revealed to him beforehand as one that was to mark out the Messias, and _confirm_ his own faith: and how he had accordingly on that occasion borne witness that Jesus is the Son of God. *That baptizeth with the Holy Ghost*; _i.e._, who will _wash_ you, not with water, but in the graces of the Holy Ghost. There may be special reference to the graces conferred in Christian baptism. 35. Altera die iterum stabat 35. The next day again John Ioannes, et ex discipulis eius stood, and two of his duo. disciples. 36. Et respiciens Iesum 36. And beholding Jesus ambulantem, dicit: Ecce Agnus walking, he saith: Behold the Dei. Lamb of God. 37. Et audierunt eum duo 37. And the two disciples discipuli loquentem, et secuti heard him speak, and they sunt Iesum. followed Jesus. 38. Conversus autem Iesus, et 38. And Jesus turning, and videns eos sequentes se, dicit seeing them following him, eis: Quid quaeritis? Qui said to them: What seek you? dixerunt ei: Rabbi (quod Who said to him: Rabbi (which dicitur interpretatum, is to say, being interpreted, magister), ubi habitas? Master), where dwellest thou? 35‐38. Circumstances in which the first disciples attached themselves to Jesus. The Evangelist interprets the Syro‐Chaldaic word Rabbi (38), because he is writing for the Christians of Asia Minor.