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John 3:28-29

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3:28 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ 1  but rather, ‘I have been sent before him.’ 3:29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly 2  when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete. 3 

1 tn Or “the Messiah” (Both Greek “Christ” and Hebrew and Aramaic “Messiah” mean “one who has been anointed”).

sn See the note on Christ in 1:20.

2 tn Grk “rejoices with joy” (an idiom).

3 tn Grk “Therefore this my joy is fulfilled.”



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