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Selected Verse: John 3:27 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Joh 3:27 |
Strong Concordance |
John [2491] answered [611] and [2532] said [2036], A man [444] can [1410] [3756] receive [2983] nothing [3762], except [3362] it be [5600] given [1325] him [846] from [1537] heaven [3772]. |
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King James |
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
A man, &c.--"I do my heaven-prescribed work, and that is enough for me. Would you have me mount into my Master's place? Said I not unto you, I am not the Christ? The Bride is not mine, why should the people stay with me?? Mine it is to point the burdened to the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world, to tell them there is Balm in Gilead, and a Physician there. And shall I grudge to see them, in obedience to the call, flying as a cloud, and as doves to their windows? Whose is the Bride but the Bridegroom's? Enough for me to be the Bridegroom's friend, sent by Him to negotiate the match, privileged to bring together the Saviour and those He is come to seek and to save, and rejoicing with joy unspeakable if I may but 'stand and hear the Bridegroom's voice,' witnessing the blessed espousals. Say ye, then, they go from me to Him? Ye bring me glad tidings of great joy. He must increase, but I must decrease; this, my joy, therefore is fulfilled."
A man can receive, &c.--assume nothing, that is, lawfully and with any success; that is, Every man has his work and sphere appointed him from above, Even Christ Himself came under this law (Heb 5:4). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
John answered ... - John did not enter into their feelings or sympathize with their love of party. He came to honor Jesus, not to build up a sect, He rejoiced at the success of the Messiah, and began to teach them to rejoice in it also.
A man can receive nothing ... - All success is from heaven. All my success was from God. All the success of Jesus is from God. As success comes from the same source, we ought not to be envious. It is designed to answer the same end, and, by whomsoever accomplished, the hand of God is in it, and we should rejoice. If Jesus and his disciples are successful, if all men flee to him, it is proof that God favors him, and you should rejoice. |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Receive
Answering to given.
Be given (ᾖ δεδομένον)
Rev., more correctly, have been given.
From heaven
Literally, out of heaven (ἐκ). |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
A man can receive nothing - Neither he nor I. Neither could he do this, unless God had sent him: nor can I receive the title of Christ, or any honour comparable to that which he hath received from heaven. They seem to have spoken with jealousy and resentment; John answers with sweet composure of spirit. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
A man can receive nothing, etc. - Or, A man can receive nothing from heaven, unless it be given him. I have received, not only my commission, but the power also by which I have executed it, from above. As I took it up at God's command, so I am ready to lay it down when he pleases. I have told you from the beginning that I was only the forerunner of the Messiah, and was sent, not to form a separate party, but to point out to men that Lamb of God which takes away the sin of the world: Joh 3:28. |
4 And [2532] no [3756] man [5100] taketh [2983] this honour [5092] unto himself [1438], but [235] he that is called [2564] of [5259] God [2316], as [2509] [2532] was Aaron [2].
28 Ye [5210] yourselves [846] bear [3140] me [3427] witness [3140], that [3754] I said [2036], I [1473] am [1510] not [3756] the Christ [5547], but [235] that [3754] I am [1510] sent [649] before [1715] him [1565].