John 3:29

Additional Testimony By John The Baptist About Jesus

²⁸ ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him; ²⁹ he who is having the bride is bridegroom, and the friend of the bridegroom, who is standing and hearing him, with joy doth rejoice because of the voice of the bridegroom; this, then, my joy hath been fulfilled. ³⁰ 'Him it behoveth to increase, and me to become less;

Filled with Joy

Friend of the Bridegroom

Voice of the Bridegroom

Jesus

John

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus said to them, 'Can the sons of the bride-chamber mourn, so long as the bridegroom is with them? but days shall come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they shall fast.

Song of Songs 5:1

I have come in to my garden, my sister-spouse, I have plucked my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my comb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, drink, Yea, drink abundantly, O beloved ones!

Judges 14:10-11

And his father goeth down unto the woman, and Samson maketh there a banquet, for so the young men do;

Psalm 45:9-17

Daughters of kings are among thy precious ones, A queen hath stood at thy right hand, In pure gold of Ophir.

Song of Songs 3:11

Go forth, and look, ye daughters of Zion, On king Solomon, with the crown, With which his mother crowned him, In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the joy of his heart!

Song of Songs 4:8-12

Come from Lebanon, come thou in. Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Shenir and Hermon, From the habitations of lions, From the mountains of leopards.

Isaiah 54:5

For thy Maker is thy husband, Jehovah of Hosts is His name, And thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, 'God of all the earth,' He is called.

Isaiah 62:4-5

It is not said of thee any more, 'Forsaken!' And of thy land it is not said any more, 'Desolate,' For to thee is cried, 'My delight is in her,' And to thy land, 'Married,' For Jehovah hath delighted in thee, And thy land is married.

Isaiah 66:11

So that ye suck, and have been satisfied, From the breast of her consolations, So that ye wring out, and have delighted yourselves From the abundance of her honour.

Jeremiah 2:2

'Go, and thou hast called in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus said Jehovah: I have remembered for thee The kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, Thy going after Me in a wilderness, in a land not sown.

Ezekiel 16:8

And I pass over by thee, and I see thee, And lo, thy time is a time of loves, And I spread My skirt over thee, And I cover thy nakedness, And I swear to thee, and come in to a covenant with thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, And thou dost become Mine.

Hosea 2:19

And I have betrothed thee to Me to the age, And betrothed thee to Me in righteousness, And in judgment, and kindness, and mercies,

Matthew 22:2

'The reign of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made marriage-feasts for his son,

Matthew 25:1

'Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom;

Luke 2:10-14

And the messenger said to them, 'Fear not, for lo, I bring you good news of great joy, that shall be to all the people --

Luke 15:6

and having come to the house, he doth call together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep -- the lost one.

John 16:24

till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

John 17:13

'And now unto Thee I come, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves;

2 Corinthians 11:2

for I am zealous for you with zeal of God, for I did betroth you to one husband, a pure virgin, to present to Christ,

Ephesians 5:25-27

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

Philippians 2:2

fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing -- having the same love -- of one soul -- minding the one thing,

1 John 1:4

and these things we write to you, that your joy may be full.

2 John 1:12

Many things having to write to you, I did not intend through paper and ink, but I hope to come unto you, and speak mouth to mouth, that our joy may be full;

Revelation 19:7-9

may we rejoice and exult, and give the glory to Him, because come did the marriage of the Lamb, and his wife did make herself ready;

Revelation 21:9

And there came unto me one of the seven messengers, who have the seven vials that are full of the seven last plagues, and he spake with me, saying, 'Come, I will shew thee the bride of the Lamb -- the wife,'