John 3:31

The one who comes from above is above all, while the one from the earth speaks of the earth. Christ's heavenly origin makes him supreme over every earthly witness.

Cross-references · 21

• Matt 28:18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
• John 8:23And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
• Rom 9:5Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
• John 6:33For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
• 1 Jn 4:5They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
• John 3:12–13If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
• Phil 2:9–11Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
• John 6:51I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
• Rev 19:16And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
• John 5:21–25For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
• John 16:27–28For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
• John 1:27He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
• Acts 10:36The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
• Eph 4:8–10Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
• 1 Cor 15:47–48The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
• 1 Pet 3:22Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
• Eph 1:20–21Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
• John 1:15John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
• Heb 9:1Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
• Heb 9:9–10Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
• John 1:30This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.

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