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John does mention in this context certain other disciples that were led to believe in Christ. He gives a trail of how the message that Jesus was the Christ was transmitted to His followers. Here is what his words reveal: Some were told that He was the Christ by those who already believed. But how had the first believers come to believe? Those who already believed had been told that Jesus was the Christ by John who referred to Jesus as the "Lamb of God" (joh 1:36). Well, how did John know that Jesus was the Christ? He had a vision in which he "saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him" (joh 1:32). And how did he know that this signified that Jesus was He that was to come after him? He was told by God that "Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost." (joh 1:33)
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