What does John 3:35 mean?

John 3:35 KJV

John · chapter 3 · verse 35

The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.John 3:35 · King James Version

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What John 3:35 means

This is John the Baptist talking, not Jesus, and he says it while his own crowd is leaving him for someone else. If the Father has already given all things into the Son's hand, then John has nothing to protect. It's the sentence just before he says he must increase, but I must decrease.

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John 3:35 in context

33He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.

34For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

35The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

36He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

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Commentary

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

Cross references

Key words (Strong's)

Fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
lovethagapaōof persons, to welcome, to entertain, to be fond of, to love dearly, of things, to be…G25 →
givendidōmito give, to give something to someone, of one s own accord to give one something, to his…G1325 →
Sonyhiosa son, rarely used for the young of animals, generally used of the offspring of men, in a…G5207 →

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