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John 3:25
there arose then a question from the disciples of John with some Jews about purifying,
John 3:25 · Young's Literal Translation
John 3:25 in other translations
Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
Therefore a dispute arose on the part of John’s disciples with some Jews about purification.
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In context
22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples to the land of Judea, and there he did tarry with them, and was baptizing;
23 and John was also baptizing in Aenon, nigh to Salem, because there were many waters there, and they were coming and were being baptized--
24 for John was not yet cast into the prison--
25 there arose then a question from the disciples of John with some Jews about purifying,
26 and they came unto John, and said to him, `Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.'
27 John answered and said, `A man is not able to receive anything, if it may not have been given him from the heaven;
28 ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him;
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