Certainly we are safe in Affirming that by applying this title to our Lord, the Baptist intended to indicate His unique personality, and to declare that He was the Messiah, God's Viceroy on earth.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
They are right in Affirming that economic politics is national, wrong in denying that economic science is cosmopolitan.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
Peter surrendered his whole position; he had no intention of doing more than Affirming what Christ already knew, that even in the midst of his boasting, desertion and denial, he had very really and truly loved his Master with a deep and tender affection.
"The Making of an Apostle"
R. J. Campbell