 | Joseph Washburn, Asahel Hooker - 1807 - 388 pages
...Christ's voice. This is the Saviour's testimony — " He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom ; but L 2 the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth, and heareth...rejoiceth greatly, because of the bridegroom's voice." Johniii. 29. Her admiration of the bridegroom, and disposition to extol him, metaphorically represent... | |
 | Thomas Belsham - 1808 - 656 pages
...not the Christ, but I am sent before his 29 face.' He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom : but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth...him, rejoiceth greatly, because of the bridegroom's * only begotten, N. Gr. f the Jews, RT S0 voice. This my joy therefore is complete. He must 31 increase,... | |
 | 1809 - 670 pages
...not the Christ, but I am sent before his 29 face.' He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom : but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth...him, rejoiceth greatly, because of the bridegroom's • only brgotten, X. Gr. t tire Jc«', HT t Gr. detuning, c. K. t. • Mister, or, My Muter, N. 30... | |
 | Alden Bradford - 1813 - 544 pages
...The dispute probably was, as Ui the design and objeet of John's b the bride, is the bridegroom ; but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth...rejoiceth greatly, because of the bridegroom's voice. This my joy therefore is com30 plete. He must increase, but I must decrease. 31 He that cometh from... | |
 | 1817 - 680 pages
...not 29 the Christ, but I am sent before his face.' He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom : but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth...rejoiceth greatly, because of the bridegroom's- voice. This my joy therefore is complete. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease J. He that coineth 31 from... | |
 | Benjamin Boothroyd - 1824 - 626 pages
...said, 'I am not the Christ, but am sent before him.' The 29 bridegroom is he who hath the bride : but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom^s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease. 30 He... | |
 | John Ryland - 1828 - 534 pages
...— 36. "I am not the Christ, but am sent before him. He that hath the bride is the bridegroom : but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth...rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice : this my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease. He that cometh from above... | |
 | John (st.) - 1832 - 82 pages
...said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the FRIEND of the BRIDEGROOM, who standeth and heareth...REJOICETH greatly because of the BRIDEGROOM'S voice. This MY JOY therefore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease. He that cometh from above... | |
 | Friedrich Wilhelm Krummacher - 1836 - 326 pages
...spiritual bride to the coming of her Beloved, and that having done this, his work was ended. He added, " The friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth...rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice : this my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease," John iii. 29, 30. The... | |
 | Orville Dewey - 1838 - 312 pages
...increase, but I must decrease," and yet to be happy — even as when that noble-minded forerunner said, " the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth...rejoiceth greatly, because of the bridegroom's voice; this my joy, therefore, is fulfilled." It is only a false and erring piety which leads a man to say,... | |
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He that hath the bride is the bridegroom : but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice : this my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease. 
