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John 1:28 KJV
John · chapter 1 · verse 28
These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.John 1:28 · King James Version
John 1:28 in context
26John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
27He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
28These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
30This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- BethabarabēthabaraBethabara = " house of the ford" , a place beyond Jordan, where John was…G962 →
- beyondperanbeyond, on the other sideG4008 →
- JordaniordanēsJordan = " the descender" , the one river of Palestine, has its course of little…G2446 →
- doneginomaito becomeG1096 →
- JohniōannēsJohn = " Jehovah is a gracious giver" , John the Baptist was the son of Zacharias…G2491 →
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We have here the testimony of John, which he delivered to the messengers who were sent from Jerusalem to examine him. Observe here, I. Who they were that sent to him, and who they were that were sent. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-28