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John 3:28
Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before Him.
Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before Him.
BEAR ME WITNESS - You remember that at first I told you I was not the Messiah. As he had been “witness” to Jesus - as he came for no other end but to point him out to the Jews, they ought not to suppo...
II. ETERNAL LIFE IMPARTED: What it is and What it Includes Chapter 2:23-17 The second part of this Gospel contains the blessed teachings the Son of God gave concerning eternal life, how it is impart...
THE LAST APPEARANCE OF THE BAPTIST. Convinced that the nation is not ripe for Messianic teaching, Jesus falls back on preparatory work similar to that of John, who was continuing his work at Æ non nea...
MAN CAN RECEIVE NOTHING EXCEPT IT BE GIVEN HIM FROM HEAVEN. This trial of John would have been. sore one had he been swayed by human feeling. To see his great popularity and influence gradually wanin...
After these things Jesus and his disciples went to the district of Judaea. He spent some time there with them, and he was baptizing; and John was baptizing at Ainon, near Salem, because there was much...
THE MAN WHO CAME BY NIGHT (John 3:1-6)...
THE CHRIST. the Messiah. App-98. SENT. App-174....
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
_Ye yourselves_ Though you are so indignant on my account. _bear me witness, that I said_ They had appealed to his testimony (John 3:26); he turns it against them. _before him_ -Before Him, of whom y...
THE BAPTISM AND FINAL TESTIMONY OF JOHN...
ΑΥ̓ΤΟῚ ὙΜΕΙ͂Σ. ‘_Ye yourselves_, though you are so indignant on my behalf.’ They had appealed to his testimony (John 3:26); he turns it against them. He is not responsible for their error. ἜΜΠ. ἘΚ. Jo...
VER 27. JOHN ANSWERED AND SAID, A MAN CAN RECEIVE NOTHING, EXCEPT IT BE GIVEN HIM FROM HEAVEN. 28. YOU YOURSELVES BEAR ME WITNESS, THAT I SAID, I AM NOT THE CHRIST, BUT THAT I AM SENT BEFORE HIM. 29....
_JESUS WAS EXALTED BY JOHN THE BAPTIST -- JOHN 3:22-31:_ John was fully satisfied with the place and the work that God gave him to do. "You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, 'I am not the Chris...
ΜΑΡΤΥΡΕΊΤΕ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΜΑΡΤΥΡΈΩ (G3140) свидетельствовать. Их свидетельство о роли Иоанна сопоставлено с предшествующим свидетельством Иоанна о Христе (ст. 26). ΆΠΕΣΤΑΛΜΈΝΟΣ _perf. pass. pa...
A MAN CAN RECEIVE NOTHING, &C.— "A man of God, or prophet, can assume no greater dignity and authority, than God has thought fit to confer on him: you yourselves bear me witness, even by the words you...
JOHN'S WITNESS CONCERNING HIMSELF _Text 3:22-30_ 22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. 23 And John also was bapt...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 3:22-36 We give first a brief Analysis of the passage which is to occupy our attention. Here we see: "After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the l...
Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. YE YOURSELVES BEAR ME WITNESS, THAT I SAID, I AM NOT THE CHRIST, BUT THAT I AM SENT BEFORE HIM....
25 Ceremonial cleansing is the true definition of baptism, Before this, baptisms were a common feature of the Jewish ceremonial system, but were usually connected with the temple and the laver and wer...
THE NEW BIRTH. JOHN'S TESTIMONY TO JESUS 1-15. Conversation with Nicodemus. The ministry at Jerusalem, though disappointing, was not fruitless. Christ's miracles and teaching had made an impression, n...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 3 JESUS TEACHES NICODEMUS 3:1-21 V1-2 A *Jewish leader called Nicodemus came to speak to Jesus. Nicodemus was a *Pharis...
YE YOURSELVES BEAR ME WITNESS. — They remembered (John 3:26) that John had borne witness to Jesus. Did they not remember too what he had said? He had from the first known his own work, and the greater...
αὐτοὶ ὑμεῖς … ἐκείνου. John's disciples should have been prepared for what they now see happening. He had emphatically declared that he was not the Christ, but only His forerunner (John 1:19-27; John...
_The ministry of Jesus in Judaea after He left Jerusalem_. This falls into three parts: (1) a brief account of the movements and success of Jesus and the Baptist which provoked a comparison between th...
JOHN SHOWS THE GREATNESS OF HUMILITY John 3:22-30 It is expressly stated in John 4:2 that Jesus baptized through His disciples. This controversy arose with a Jew, who was comparing the respective bap...
Nicodemus would seem to have been one of the finest products of Judaism. He was thoroughly sincere. Moreover, he was determined to investigate for himself, and so came to Jesus by night, not because h...
TESTIMONY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST John 3:22-36. _“And they came to John, and said to him, Master, He who is with thee beyond Jordan, and to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and al...
2. JOHN 3:27-36. John does not solve the difficulty raised by the Jew or the Jews. He goes directly to the foundation of things. After having characterized the relation between the two personages of w...
III. JESUS IN THE COUNTRY OF JUDEA: 3:22-36. The previous testimonies of John the Baptist were appeals to faith. That which is to follow assumes the character of a threatening protest against the gen...
VER. 28. “ _Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said: I am not the Christ, but I am sent before him._ ” John expressly applies to himself the maxim of John 3:26. He has informed his disciples, from t...
After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. (23) And John also was baptizing in Enon, near to Salem; because there was much wa...
The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
28._You are witnesses to me. _John expostulates with his disciples that they did not give credit to his statements. He had often warned them that he was not the Christ; and, therefore, it only remaine...
But there was a man (chapter 3) and that a Pharisee who was not satisfied with this inoperative conviction. His conscience was reached. Seeing Jesus, and hearing His testimony, had produced a sense of...
YE YOURSELVES BEAR ME WITNESS,.... In what they now said, and referred to, in describing Christ, as he to whom John bore witness; and he appeals to them for what he said in their presence, and before...
Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. Ver. 28. _Ye yourselves bear me witness_] I should rather choose the just commendation of one good man...
_John answered_ With a humility and integrity agreeable to the rest of his character, _A man can receive nothing_ Neither he, nor I, nor any man; _unless it be given him from heaven_ Whence every good...
NICODEMUS, AND NEW BIRTH (vs.1-21) Among the many who believed because of the miracles, there was however one individual who was more seriously affected. Nicodemus comes to the Lord by night, evident...
22-36 John was fully satisfied with the place and work assigned him; but Jesus came on a more important work. He also knew that Jesus would increase in honour and influence, for of his government and...
I appeal to you that are my disciples, Did not I always plainly tell yea that I was not the Christ? It belongeth unto Christ alone, who is the Head of the church, to send out such as shall labour in i...
Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews For he who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom is he who standeth and heareth him with joy, and rejoicet...
John 3:28 You G5210 yourselves G846 bear G3140 me G3427 witness G3140 (G5719) that G3754 said G2036 ...
JOHN THE BAPTISER DECREASES (JOHN 3:22). At this stage Jesus began His ministry alongside that of John the Baptist in a supporting role. It was not His intention at this stage to supersede him. Indeed...
‘John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing except it has been given him from Heaven. You yourselves bear me witness that I said ‘I am not the Christ (Messiah), but that I am sent before him'....
John 3:28. YE YOURSELVES BEAR ME WITNESS, THAT I SAID, I AM NOT THE CHRIST, BUT, I AM SENT BEFORE HIM. The acceptance of the lower place was no new thing to John. ‘Ye remind me that have borne witness...
I SAID (ειπον). As in John 1:20; John 1:23. He had always put Jesus ahead of him as the Messiah (John 1:15).BEFORE HIM (εμπροσθεν εκεινου). "Before that one" (Jesus) as his forerunner simply.I AM...
John 3:13. _And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that come down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven._ We are in the stairway now between heaven and earth; Christ has came dow...
John 3:22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea, and there he tarried with them, and baptized. And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was m...
CONTENTS: Nicodemus and the new birth. The last testimony of John the Baptist. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Nicodemus, John the Baptist, Moses, John's disciples. CONCLUSION: Since the natural...
John 3:1. _Nicodemus, a ruler of the jews._ This rabbi is named by John as defending our Saviour in the council, and as attending the crucifixion. A gospel of the passion and the resurrection of Chris...
JOHN ANSWERED. John is talking about himself. A _man_ can take only what he is given. The Son of God takes all he chooses. John was doing all he was supposed to do as "advance man" for the Messiah. TH...
_After these things came Jesus and His disciples unto the land of Judaea (see also on _John 3:30_ for the whole paragraph)_ JESUS AND JOHN AND THEIR DISCIPLES I. A HUMBLING EXAMPLE OF THE PETTY JEAL...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 3:28 SENT BEFORE. See Malachi 3:1; Matthew 11:10;...
1-36 CHAPTER 3 _There was a man_, &c. Nicodemus means in Greek _the conqueror of the people._ Such was this man; who, overcoming the fear of the people, the Pharisees, and the priests, believed in Ch...
_Ye yourselves bear me witness_, &c. That I said I went before Him, that as His forerunner, minister, and herald, I should precede His advent. "You know that I have always professed that I am not the...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 3:23. ÆNON NEAR TO SALIM (Αἰνών, from עַין, Arab. عين, a spring).—_Salim_ was long supposed to have been situated about eight miles from Beth-Shean, _i.e._ in the...
EXPOSITION This is the first of the eleven discourses recorded by this evangelist, and for the most part addressed to the cultivated, hierarcical party in Jerusalem, who questioned him in an unfriend...
Have we got a message for you tonight from the Word of God! John chapter 3 and 4, oh my, how rich! How blessed! There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews (John 3:1). We k...
John 1:20; John 1:23; John 1:25; John 1:27; Luke 1:16;...