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John 3:8 KJV
John · chapter 3 · verse 8
The 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 3:8 · King James Version
John 3:8 in context
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?
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Key words (Strong's)
- 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 →
- whencepothenof place from where, from what condition, of origin or source from what author or giver…G4159 →
- cometherchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
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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