John 3:26
And they came to John and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, he baptises, and all come to him.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
25There was therefore a reasoning of the disciples of John with a Jew about purification.
27John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it be given him out of heaven.
Cross References
Psalms 65:2O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
Isaiah 45:23I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth [in] righteousness and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
John 1:7He came for witness, that he might witness concerning the light, that all might believe through him.
John 1:15(John bears witness of him, and he has cried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me;)
John 3:2he came to him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art come a teacher from God, for none can do these signs that thou doest unless God be with him.
John 12:19The Pharisees therefore said to one another, Ye see that ye profit nothing: behold, the world is 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 →