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John 3:3-8 KJV
John · chapter 3 · verses 3–8
3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? 5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. 8The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.John 3:3-8 · King James Version
John 3:3-8 in context
1There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
9Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
Commentary
Cross references
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
- John 3:5-6
- 1 Peter 1:23-25
- 1 John 3:9
- 1 John 5:1
- Titus 3:5
- John 1:13
- 1 John 2:29
- 1 Corinthians 2:14
- Ezekiel 36:25-27
- Ephesians 5:26
- Acts 2:38
Key words (Strong's)
- NicodemusnikodēmosNicodemus = "conqueror", a member of the Sanhedrin who took the part of JesusG3530 →
- answeredapokrinomaito give an answer to a question proposed, to answer, to begin to speak, but always where…G611 →
- mother'smētēra mother, metaph. the source of something, the motherlandG3384 →
- blowethpneōto breathe, to blow, of the windG4154 →
- listeththelōto will, have in mind, intend, to be resolved or determined, to purpose, to desire, to…G2309 →
- hearestakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
- whitherpousomewhere, nearly, with numerals somewhere about, aboutG4226 →
- Verilyamēnfirm, metaph. faithful, verily, amen, at the beginning of a discourseG281 →
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We found, in the close of the foregoing chapter, that few were brought to Christ at Jerusalem; yet here was one, a considerable one. It is worth while to go a great way for the salvation though but of one soul. Observe, I. Who this Nicodemus was. Not many mighty and noble are called; yet some are, and here was one.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-21