John 3:25
23 Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
24 (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
26 So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”
27 John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
- KJV
- Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.
- WEB
- Therefore a dispute arose on the part of John’s disciples with some Jews about purification.
- ASV
- There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John`s disciples with a Jew about purifying.
- DARBY
- There was therefore a reasoning of the disciples of John with a Jew about purification.
- BLB
- Then a debate arose from the disciples of John with [a] Jew about purification.
- ÅB
- Det ble nå en trette mellom Johannes' disipler og en jøde om renselsen,
- OTB
- Det oppstod en diskusjon mellom noen av Johannes' disipler og en viss jøde om rituell renselse.
- B1930
- Det blev nu en trette mellem Johannes' disipler og en jøde om renselsen,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 2:6
Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.
Read in contextMatthew 3:11
I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
Read in contextHebrews 6:2
instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
Read in contextHebrews 9:10
They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.
Read in contextHebrews 9:23
So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Read in context1 Peter 3:21
And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Read in contextMark 7:8
You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.”
Read in contextHebrews 9:13–14
For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,
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