 | Sydney Frank Paul - 2006 - 210 pages
...testimony of John the Baptist when he averred that he was not the Christ, but His forerunner and friend: "He that hath the bride is the Bridegroom; but the friend of the Bridegroom (that is John), which standeth and heareth Him, rejoiceth greatly because of the Bridegroom's voice.... | |
 | Ignatius Press - 2006 - 752 pages
...to him." 27John answered, "No one can receive anything except what is given him from heaven. 28You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him. 29He who has the bride is the bridegroom; the friend of the bridegroom,... | |
 | Mark L. Prophet, Elizabeth Clare Prophet - 2006 - 531 pages
...were accomplished by Jesus prior to his ascension. likened himself to the friend of the bridegroom who "rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled."57 Having already attained his victory as the prophet Elijah, John the Baptist's joy was... | |
 | Walter Wink - 2006 - 156 pages
...the baptism with the call of four disciples. Likewise the one clear allusion to John's movement ('You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ' — 3: 28) is also, in essence, historical, since everything we know about John indicates that he did... | |
 | Oliver Summers - 2006 - 301 pages
...religious leaders and asked about Jesus who was now baptizing people. John reminded them that he had said, "I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before Mm. He that has the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which stands and hears... | |
 | 2006 - 198 pages
...came to their master, and that the crowds were seeking Jesus. But John said to them: "I told you that I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. Jesus is the Christ, the king. He must grow greater, while I must grow less; and I am glad that it... | |
 | Jeffery Mullins - 2007 - 126 pages
...come to him, John answered and said, A man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven. Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not...of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease. HE that cometh from above is above all: he that is... | |
 | Joseph David Office - 2007 - 98 pages
...John the Baptist, who said thus when asked about Jesus "Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, / am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him....of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I (must) decrease. He that cometh from above is above all: he that... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 2007 - 596 pages
...cannot receive anythmg,except it be given him from heaven." Therefore Christ gives, man receives. " Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not...the Bridegroom; but the friend of the Bridegroom, who standeth and heareth Him, rejoiceth greatly because of the Bridegroom's voice.*' Not of himself... | |
 | James Hudson Taylor - 2007 - 97 pages
...the Baptist, the last of the prophets, recognized the Bridegroom in the person of CHRIST, and said, " He that hath the bride is the Bridegroom ; but the...the Bridegroom's voice : this my joy therefore is fulfilled." Paul, in the fifth chapter of the Epistle to the Ephesians, goes still further, and teaches... | |
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He that hath the bride is the bridegroom : but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease. 
