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John 3:25 KJV
John · chapter 3 · verse 25
Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.John 3:25 · King James Version
John 3:25 in context
23And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
24For John was not yet cast into prison.
25Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.
26And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
27John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
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Key words (Strong's)
- disciplesmathētēsa learner, pupil, discipleG3101 →
- questionzētēsisa seeking, enquiry, a questioning, debate, a subject of questioning or debate, matter of…G2214 →
- betweenmetawith, after, behindG3326 →
- John'siōannēsJohn = " Jehovah is a gracious giver" , John the Baptist was the son of Zacharias…G2491 →
- aroseginomaito becomeG1096 →
- aboutperiabout, concerning, on account of, because of, around, nearG4012 →
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In these verses we have, I. Christ's removal into the land of Judea (Joh 3:22), and there he tarried with his disciples. Observe, 1. Our Lord Jesus, after he entered upon his public work, travelled much, and removed often, as the patriarchs in their sojournings.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-36