John 3:27 · WEB
“John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven.”
— John 3:27
Speaker
John the Baptist
Era
Life of Jesus (~30 AD)
Emotion
resting
Type
narrative
Emotional genome
Comfort power
Quotability
Memorability
Crisis relevance
Standalone
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