John 3:27
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it is given to him from heaven.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
In Context
28Ye yourselves testify that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent ahead of that man.
Cross References
Numbers 17:5And it shall come to pass, that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall bud. And I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the sons of Israel, which they murmur against you.
Jeremiah 1:5Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou came forth out of the womb I sanctified thee. I have appointed thee a prophet to the nations.
Amos 7:15And LORD took me from following the flock, and LORD said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel.
Matthew 25:15And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his personal ability, and straightaway he journeyed.
Mark 13:34like a man abroad, having left his house, and having given authority to his bondmen, and to each man his work, and commanded the doorkeeper that he should watch.
Romans 12:6And having different gifts according to the grace that was given to us, whether prophecy, according to the proportion of faith;
Matthew Henry on John 3:23-36
John's Testimony to Christ. 22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judæa; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. 23 And John also was baptizing in Ænon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. 24 For John was not yet cast into prison. 25 Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. 26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest… Read the whole commentary →