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NASB | 1 John 5:6 This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 5:6 This is He who came through water and blood [His baptism and death], Jesus Christ--not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. It is the [Holy] Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. [He is the essence and origin of truth itself.] |
Bible Question:
What does it mean to come by water and blood? Why are they placed alongside the Spirit as witnesses? And how do inanimate things bear witness? Bonus Question: We sing about the blood; why we do not have songs about water? Steve ... look at vv 6-8. |
Bible Answer: Note thatHe came BY water and blood - natural birth as a human being. With Water and Blood - water baptism as a Jew is required for purification and then death penalty, with His life(blood) as the perfect sacrifice of a perfect Man. Sing of the blood because it is the climax of the christian faith. It is for celebrating of a victory. Water is symbolic purification. Blood is the ultimate cleansing, the ultimate full price of sin. |