John 3:7 KJV

John · chapter 3 · verse 7

Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.John 3:7 · King James Version

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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?

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Commentary

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

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Key words (Strong's)

Marvelthaumazōto wonder, wonder at, marvel, to be wondered at, to be had in admirationG2296 →
saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
borngennaōof men who fathered children, to be born, to be begotten, of women giving birth to…G1080 →

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