John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
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Interpretation
There was great hatred between the Samaritans and the Jews. Christ's road from Judea to Galilee lay through Samaria.
Glossary
- John Person
- (1. ) One who, with Annas and Caiaphas, sat in judgment on the apostles Peter and John ( Acts 4:6 ). He was of the kindred of the high priest; otherwise unknown. (2. ) The Hebrew name of Mark (q. v. ).