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John 3:26-28
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26 So they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, the one who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River,[a] about whom you testified—see, he is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to him!”

27 John replied,[b] “No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven. 28 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’[c] but rather, ‘I have been sent before him.’

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  1. John 3:26 tn “River” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity.
  2. John 3:27 tn Grk “answered and said.”
  3. John 3:28 tn Or “the Messiah” (Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “one who has been anointed”).sn See the note on Christ in 1:20.
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John 3:26-28
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26 They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi,(A) that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan—the one you testified(B) about—look, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him.”

27 To this John replied, “A person can receive only what is given them from heaven. 28 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah but am sent ahead of him.’(C)

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