...witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. 27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. 29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom : but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and...

...thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. 27 John answered and said, o(/ 28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him....

...wisdom, or regal power. — He had it from some other quarter. He received it from above of God. For, " a man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven," as the Baptist saith, John iii. 27 ; he cannot receive it upon the grounds of his own worthiness or...

...reveals it to us. This every true believer knows ; and this is the only meaning of such passages, a* " a man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven." Then opened he their understanding to understand the scriptures, ie, to see and to believe what is...

...wisdom, or regal power.—He had it from some other quarter. He received it from above of God. For," a man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven," as the Baptist saith, John iii. 27; he cannot receive it upon the grounds of his own worthiness or...

...perfect gift, is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights :' and the Gospel by these ; ' A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.' " There are innumerable passages of Scripture besides, which might be brought to establish the doctrine...

...xx. 4, 5.) — " Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight." (Luke xv. 18, 21.) — " A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven." (John iii. 27.) In the same manner such phrases as these are used by the Talmudists : D^DW T2 nrVD...

...God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name. y JOHN, iii. 27: A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven, do. v. 31: If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. a JOHN, vii. 28, 29 : See the words...

...words of eternal life." This entire surrender of the heart to God, is the work of the Spirit ; for " a man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven." Nothing short of this will bring us to glory. Nothing short of this can give true assurance, peace,...

...thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. John answered and said ; A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said ; I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. He...