5And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?
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And 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.
He 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.
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)In this passage of story nothing is added here to what we had in the other evangelists; but only in the Luke 20:1; where we are told, I. That he was now teaching the people in the temple , and preaching the gospel . Note, Christ was a preacher of his own gospel. He not only purchased the salvation for us, but published it to us, which is a great confirmation of the truth of the gospel, and gives a…
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