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Jesus Baptizing

Data

(1) John 3:23-30

 

Texts

(1) John 3:23-30

/3:23/ John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim because water was abundant there; and people kept coming and were being baptized /24/ --John, of course, had not yet been thrown into prison. /25/ Now a discussion about purification arose between John's disciples and a Jew. /26/ They came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, the one who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you testified, here he is baptizing, and all are going to him." /27/ John answered, "No one can receive anything except what has been given from heaven. /28/ You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, 'I am not the Messiah, but I have been sent ahead of him.' /29/ He who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. For this reason my joy has been fulfilled. /30/ He must increase, but I must decrease."

 

 

Notes

Lectionary

ECUSA: Year B, Advent 3

John Dominic Crossan

Item: 487
Stratum: III (80-120 CE)
Attestation: Single
Historicity: -

 

Jesus Seminar

The brief commentary in The Acts of Jesus (p. 376) notes that the Fellows voted this passage black as it seems unlikely to preserve any accurate historical information. The problematic elements include the geography (cf. 2:13 and the location presumed for the Nicodemus discourse in 3:1-21 with the journey implied by 2:22). In addition, 2:24 puts the timing of this activity by Jesus prior to John's arrest when the Synoptics say that Jesus did not begin his public ministry until after John's arrest (Mark 1:14; Matt 4:12). The resentment attributed to John's disciples in 2:26 does not fit with John's purported praise of Jesus in 1:29-31.

Activity/Theme

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W Avg

Color
JBap spoke the words in Mark 1:7, Luke 3:16b and Matt 3:11b
13
44
26
17
0.51
Pink
JBap spoke the words in Mark 1:8, Luke 3:16a,c and Matt 3:11a,c
9
30
35
26
0.41
Gray
JBap spoke the words in Luke 3:17 and Matt 3:12
8
69
15
8
0.60
Pink
JBap spoke the words in Luke 3:7-9 and Matt 3:7-10
6
44
25
25
0.44
Gray
JBap spoke the words in Luke 3:11
6
24
35
35
0.33
Gray
JBap spoke the words in Luke 3:13
6
6
53
35
0.27
Gray
JBap spoke the words in Luke 3:14
6
6
53
35
0.27
Gray
JBap spoke the words reported in John 1:15
0
0
0
100
0.00
Black
JBap spoke the words reported in John 1:23
0
0
0
100
0.00
Black
JBap spoke the words reported in John 1:29
0
0
0
100
0.00
Black
JBap spoke the words reported in John 1:32-34
0
0
0
100
0.00
Black
JBap spoke the words reported in John 3:27-30
0
0
0
100
0.00
Black

For further details of Jesus Seminar votes on JBap, see 213. John the Baptist

 

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