Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a Jew over purification.
In context
23John too was baptizing, at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there; and people kept coming to be baptized. 24John had not yet been thrown into prison. 25Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a Jew over purification. 26They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, the man who was with you across the Jordan, the one you testified about — look, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him.” 27John answered, “No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.
