John 3:29
Douay-Rheims
He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth with joy because of the bridegroom’s voice. This my joy therefore is fulfilled.
Theophylact of Ohrid
For which cause I rejoice now, that all men follow Him. For had the bride, i. e. the people, not come forth to meet the Bridegroom, then I, as the friend of the Bridegroom, should have grieved,
Source details
1107 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 3:27-30
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.