Matthew Poole Commentary - John 3:26 - 3:26

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Matthew Poole Commentary - John 3:26 - 3:26


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The disciples of John coming unto him, give him the usual title, under which in that age they were wont to speak to those whom they owned as their teachers, which was Rabbi. Their business was to complain, that Christ, whom they do not think fit to name, nor to give him any title, but mention him as one much inferior to their master, one that came to him to Bethabara, and to whom he there gave testimony, Joh_1:7,34, as if Christ had from him derived all his credit and reputation. Their master did not go to Christ, but he came to their master; he was not baptized of Christ, but Christ was baptized of him; he did not give testimony to their master, but their master gave testimony to him: now, say they, he baptizeth by his disciples, and multitudes, many of all sorts of people, (for the universal particle all men can here signify no more), come to him. Love is jealous; they were afraid that their master’s reputation would by this means flag and be diminished. Such a passage we find, Num_11:28. And thus John, our Saviour’s disciple, was jealous for Christ his Master, Luk_9:49. They all sinned, as appears by the answer given by Moses to Joshua, Num_11:29, and Christ’s answer to John, Luk_9:50, and by the following reply of John to these disciples, envying for his sake.