Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
I said (eipon). As in John 1:20, John 1:23. He had always put Jesus ahead of him as the Messiah (John 1:15).
Before him (emprosqen ekeinou). "Before that one" (Jesus) as his forerunner simply.
I am sent (apestalmenov eimi). Periphrastic perfect passive indicative of apostellw.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 3:28:
John 1:15
John 1:15
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