John 3:26
And they came to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you bore witness, behold, he is baptizing, and all men are going to him.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
25Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and a Jew about purifying.
27John answered, A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given to him from heaven.
Cross References
John 1:7He came as a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
John 1:15John bore witness to him, and cried out, saying, This was he of whom I spoke, He who comes after me ranks above me: for he was before me.
John 3:2He came to Jesus by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God: for no man can do the miraculous signs that you do, unless God is with him.
John 12:19Therefore the Pharisees said among themselves, You see, you have accomplished nothing: behold, the world has gone after 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 →