John 3:26
And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified—behold, this Man is baptizing, and all men are coming to Him!”
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
25Then there came to be a dispute between John's disciples and a Jew about purification.
27John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.
Cross References
John 1:7This man came for a testimony, so that he might testify concerning the Light, so that all through him might believe.
John 1:15John testified concerning Him and has cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because He was before me.’ ”
John 3:2This man came to Him by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.”
John 12:19The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “You see that you are not doing any good. Look, the world has gone after Him!” 1 Some Greeks Wish to See Jesus
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 →