The Baptism of John
Robert Hall. John 1:26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there stands one among you, whom you know not; If the rite, which the Forerunner of our Lord administered, is not to be considered as a Christian institute, to what dispensation are we to assign it, since it is manifestly no part of the economy of Moses? The reply is that it was the symbol of a peculiar dispensation, which was neither entirely legal nor Evangelical, but occupied an intermediate station, possessing something of the character and attributes of both; a kind of twilight, equally removed from the obscurity of the first, and the splendour of the last and perfect economy of religion. The light which he emitted, though it greatly surpassed every preceding illumination, was of short duration, being soon eclipsed and extinguished by that ineffable effulgence, before which nothing can retain its splendour. (Robert Hall.). Parallel Verses KJV: John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; WEB: John answered them, "I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don't know.