Joh 1:33 | RWP | e4.org | He said ( εκεινος ειπεν ). Explicit and emphatic pronoun as in verse , referring to God as the one who sent John (verse ). With the Holy Spirit ( εν πνευματ αγιω ). "In the Holy Spirit." Here again one needs the background of the Synoptics for the contrast between John's baptism in water ( ) and that of the Messiah in the Holy Spirit ( ; ; ).

‏ John 1:33

He said ( εκεινος ειπεν ). Explicit and emphatic pronoun as in verse 8, referring to God as the one who sent John (verse 6).

With the Holy Spirit ( εν πνευματ αγιω ). "In the Holy Spirit." Here again one needs the background of the Synoptics for the contrast between John's baptism in water (Joh 1:26) and that of the Messiah in the Holy Spirit (Mr 1:8; Mt 3:11; Lu 3:16).