John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

John answered them, saying, I baptize with water - with water only; the higher, internal, baptism with the Holy Spirit being the exclusive prerogative of his Master. (See the note at .)

But there standeth one among you, whom ye know not. This must have been spoken after Christ's Baptism, and probably almost immediately after it.

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