John 3:27
Juchanon answered and said to them, A man cannot receive of his own will any thing, unless it be given to him from heaven.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
In Context
28You bear me witness that I said, I am not the Meshicha, but I am an apostle before him.
Cross References
Matthew 25:15To one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, each man according to his faculty; and forthwith went away.
Mark 13:34For as a man who hath journeyed, and left his house, and hath given authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and the door-keeper he hath instructed to be watchful;
Romans 12:6But we have various gifts according to the grace that is given to us: is it prophecy? (let him who has received it) prophesy according to the measure of the 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 →