John 3:31
For he who from above hath come, is above all; and he who is from the earth, is of the earth, and of the earth speaketh: he who from heaven hath come, is above all.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
30To him it must be to increase, and to me to decrease.
32And what he hath seen and heard he testifieth, and his testimony no man receiveth.
Cross References
Matthew 28:18And Jeshu drew near, and discoursed with them, and said to them, There is given unto me all power in heaven and in earth.
John 1:27he it is who cometh after me, and he was before me; he, the latchets of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose.
John 3:12If of (what is) on earth I tell you, and you believe not, how if I tell you of (what is) in heaven, could you believe me?
John 6:33for the bread of Aloha is He who hath descended from heaven, and giveth life to the world.
John 8:23And he said to them, From beneath are you; but I am from above: you are of this world;
Acts 10:36For (this is) the word which he hath sent to the sons of Israel, and hath announced to them peace and repose through Jeshu Meshiha,-this is the Lord of all.
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 →