John 3:23
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Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
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Ænon . . . Salim--on the west of Jordan. (Compare Joh 3:26 with Joh 1:28).
Open source ↗In this chapter we have, I. Christ's discourse with Nicodemus, a Pharisee, concerning the great mysteries of the gospel, in which he here privately instructs him (v. 1-21). II. John Baptist's discourse with his disciples concerning Christ, upon occasion of his coming into the neighbourhood where John was (Joh 3:22-36), in which he fairly and faithfully resigns all his honour and interest to him.
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Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters.
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His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.
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