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{Why then baptizest thou?} (Ti oun baptizeis;). In view of his repeated denials (three here mentioned). {If thou art not} (ei su ouk ei). Condition of first class. They did not interpret his claim to be "the voice" to be important enough to justify the ordinance of baptism. Abrahams (_Studies in Pharisaism and the Gospels_) shows that proselyte baptism was probably practised before John's time, but its use by John was treating the Jews as if they were themselves Gentiles. |