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John 3:27 KJV
John · chapter 3 · verse 27
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.John 3:27 · King James Version
John 3:27 in context
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.
28Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
29He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
Commentary
Cross references
- James 1:17
- 1 Corinthians 4:7
- 1 Corinthians 15:10
- 1 Peter 4:10-11
- 1 Corinthians 2:12-14
- Amos 7:15
- Matthew 25:15
- Jeremiah 1:5
Key words (Strong's)
- answeredapokrinomaito give an answer to a question proposed, to answer, to begin to speak, but always where…G611 →
- receivelambanōto take, to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it, to…G2983 →
- nothingoudeisno one, nothingG3762 →
- exceptean mēif not, unless, whoever... notG3362 →
- givendidōmito give, to give something to someone, of one s own accord to give one something, to his…G1325 →
- JohniōannēsJohn = " Jehovah is a gracious giver" , John the Baptist was the son of Zacharias…G2491 →
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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