1In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
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The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)Behold the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world , the sin of the church; for therefore was the Son of God manifested, to take away our sin , 1 John 3:5. I. He takes away the guilt of sin by the blood of his cross (Zech. 13:1): In that day , in the gospel-day, there shall be a fountain opened , that is, provision made for the cleansing of all those from the pollutions of sin who truly repen…
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