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21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been adone in God.”  

John the Baptist Exalts Christ

22 After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He remained with them aand baptized.  
23 Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near aSalim, because there was much water there. bAnd they came and were baptized.  
24 For aJohn had not yet been thrown into prison.  
25 Then there arose a dispute between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purification.
26 And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, ato whom you have testified—behold, He is baptizing, and all bare coming to Him!”  
27 John answered and said, a“A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.  
28 You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, a‘I am not the Christ,’ but, b‘I have been sent before Him.’  
29 aHe who has the bride is the bridegroom; but bthe friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.  
30 aHe must increase, but I must decrease.  
31 aHe who comes from above bis above all; che who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. dHe who comes from heaven is above all.  
32 And awhat He has seen and heard, that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony.  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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John 3:23

In Aenon - This place was eight miles southward from Scythopolis, between Salim and Jordan.

There was much water - And this was equally necessary, where such multitudes were baptized, whether the ceremony were performed either by dipping or sprinkling. But as the Jewish custom required the persons to stand in the water, and, having been instructed, and entered into a covenant to renounce all idolatry, and take the God of Israel for their God, then plunge themselves under the water, it is probable that the rite was thus performed at Aenon. The consideration that they dipped themselves, tends to remove the difficulty expressed in the note on Matthew 3:6. See the observations at the end of Mark.




Other Adam Clarke entries containing John 3:23:

Joshua 18:28
John 10:40

 

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