Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 3:25

"There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John`s disciples with a Jew about purifying." — John 3:25 (ASV)

Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.

Is it not a come-down – from reading about looking to Christ and loving, to a contention about purifying? There always are in the Church more or less idle quarrels about the dress of the preacher, about the mode of administering sacraments, and so on – a discussion about purifying.