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John 1:13 KJV
John · chapter 1 · verse 13
Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.John 1:13 · King James Version
John 1:13 in context
11He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
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.
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- bloodhaimablood, of man or animals, refers to the seat of life, of those things that resemble…G129 →
- fleshsarxflesh of both man and beasts, the body, the body of a man, used of natural or physical…G4561 →
- borngennaōof men who fathered children, to be born, to be begotten, of women giving birth to…G1080 →
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The evangelist designs to bring in John Baptist bearing an honourable testimony to Jesus Christ, Now in these verses, before he does this, I. He gives us some account of the witness he is about to produce. His name was John, which signifies gracious; his conversation was austere, but he was not the less gracious.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-14