John 3:26
And they came to John, and said to him: Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you bore testimony, behold, he immerses, and all are going to him.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
25There arose, therefore, a dispute between some of John’s disciples and a Jew, about purification.
27John answered and said: A man can receive nothing unless it be given to him from heaven.
Cross References
John 1:7This man came as a witness, to testify of the Light, that all through him might believe.
John 1:15John testified of him, and cried, saying: This is he of whom I said: He that comes after me, is now before me, for he existed before me.
John 3:2This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him: Rabbi, we know that thou hast come as a teacher from God; for no man can do these signs which thou doest, unless God be with him.
John 12:19Then the Pharisees said among themselves: You see that you gain nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him.
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 →