John 3:23
And John also was immersing in Aenon, near to him, because, many waters, were there; and they were coming, and being immersed;—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
24for, not yet, had John been cast into prison.
Cross References
Genesis 33:18And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan,—when he came in from Padan-aram,—and he encamped before the city.
Jeremiah 51:13O thou who dwellest upon many waters, Who aboundest in treasures,—Come hath thine end! The measure of thine unrighteous gain!
Ezekiel 43:2when lo! the glory of the God of Israel coming from the way of the east,—and the sound of him, was as the sound of many waters, and the earth shone with his glory.
Mark 1:4John the Immerser came, in the wilderness, proclaiming an immersion of repentance for remission of sins;
Revelation 1:15And, his feet, like unto glowing copper, as if in a furnace refined, and, his voice, like a sound of many waters,
Revelation 19:6And I heard as a voice of a great multitude, and as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of mighty thunderings, saying—Hallelujah! Because the Lord, [our] God, the Almighty, hath become king.
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 →