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b. Wickedness hates and avoids the light, and resists all attempts to be exposed (cf. Job 24.13-17; Ps. 50.17; Prov. 1.29; 4.18; 5.12; Amos 5.10-11; Eph. 5.12-13).

c. Those who do good love the light and pursue it, 3.21.

VI. The Confession and Testimony of John the Baptist, John 3.22-36

A. The testimony of John the Baptist to Jesus, 3.22-30

1. Jesus and John in Judea, both ministering and baptizing, for John had not yet been thrown into prison, 3.22-23

2. Questions about purifications and conflicted loyalties: Is Jesus stealing some of John’s disciples ? 3.25-26

3. John’s reply on the primacy of the ministry and person of Jesus , 3.27-30

a. The principle of representation : A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given to him from heaven, 3.27.

b. I am not the Christ but was sent to bear witness about him, 3.28.

c. I am the friend of the Bridegroom (cf. Notice that same allusion in Jesus’ own teaching, Matt. 22.1-14; 25.1-13; as well as the apostles, 2 Cor. 11.2; Eph. 5.22-24; Rev. 21.2, 9; 22.17).