John 3:34
For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for he gives the Spirit without measure.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
33He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.
35The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
Cross References
Leviticus 7:35This is the anointing portion of Aaron, and the anointing portion of his sons, out of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister to the Lord in the priest's office;
2 Kings 2:9It happened, when they had gone over, that Elijah said to Elisha, "Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you."Elisha said, "Please let a double portion of your spirit be on me."
Isaiah 11:2The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him:the spirit of wisdom and understanding,the spirit of counsel and might,the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
Isaiah 62:1For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns.
Luke 4:18"The Spirit of the Lord is on me,because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives,recovering of sight to the blind,to deliver those who are crushed,
John 3:17For God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through 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 →