(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)
(Though [ kaitoige (G2544, or, 'And yet'] Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples.)] John, being but a servant, baptized with his own hand: Jesus, as the Master, whose exclusive prerogative it was to baptize with the Holy Spirit, seems to have deemed it fitting that He should administer the outward symbol only through His disciples. Besides, had it been otherwise, undue eminence might have been supposed to attach to the Christ-baptized.