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John Gill's Exposition on John 1:36

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And looking upon Jesus as he walked, etc.] Either by them; or as he was going from them to his lodgings; it being toward the close of the day, when John had finished his work for that day, and the people were departing home: John fixed his eyes intently on Christ, with great pleasure and delight, and pointing at him, he saith, behold the Lamb of God; as in (<430129>John 1:29), where it is added, “which taketh away the sin of the world”; and which the Ethiopic version subjoins here.
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