The Certainty of God’s Witness
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I John 5:6
Back in verse 6, the word ‘by’ is used: "this is who He came by water and blood." It can mean through (dia), by or through. It is pointing out that this is the means or the instrument by which He was accompanied when He did what He did.
The water here refers to His baptism and the beginning of His ministry through which He declared His purpose to fulfill our righteousness. Remember when He came to John the Baptist. John says, “I have need to be baptized of You,” and Jesus said, “Forbid Me not, for I am doing this to fulfill all righteousness.” So, He then proceeded to be baptized, and that is what is being referred to here. The blood refers to His violent and bloody death on the stake to pay for the sins of the world.
These two are pointed out here because they are significant occasions—one at the beginning of His ministry, setting the purpose, and the other at the end when He said, “It is finished.” He had accomplished what He set out to do.
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