“He that hath the bride, is the bridegrome: but the friend of the bridegrome, which standeth and heareth him, reioyceth greatly because of the bridegromes voice: This my ioy therefore is fulfilled.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
3:29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom - He whom the bride follows. But all men now come to Jesus. Hence it is plain he is the bridegroom. The friend who heareth him - Talk with the bride; rejoiceth greatly - So far from envying or resenting it.
Joh 3:29 The bride. The Church. The bridegroom. Christ. The friend of the bridegroom . . . rejoiceth. John already rejoices in the prospect of the union of the Bridegroom and Bride.