John 3:25
Then a dispute arose between the disciples of John and the Jews with regard to purification.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.
In Context
24For as yet John was not cast into prison.
Cross References
Matthew 3:11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:
Mark 7:8For leaving the command of God, ye adhere to the tradition of men, the washings of pots and cups; and many other such like things ye practise.
Hebrews 6:2of the doctrine of ablutions, and of imposition of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Hebrews 9:13For if the blood of bulls, and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the defiled sanctifieth to corporal purification,
1 Peter 3:21The antitype to which baptism now saveth us (not the mere removal of filth from the flesh, but the engagement of a good conscience to God), by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
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 →