John 3:28

Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.

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Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before Him.
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²⁸ Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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John 3:28