John 3:10

John 3:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
• New International Version (NIV)“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things?

Context of John 3:10

8The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” 9“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked. “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things? 11Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony. 12If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

John 3:10 word by word

Ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· σὺ εἶ ὁ διδάσκαλος τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ταῦτα οὐ γινώσκεις;Read the interlinear

• Youσύsu · youG4771
• areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Israel’sἸσραήλIsraēl · IsraelG2474
• teacherδιδάσκαλοςdidaskalos · teacherG1320
• saidἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• Jesusκαίkai · andG2532
• Jesusεἶπονepō · to sayG2036
• Jesusαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• you do not understandοὐou · noG3756
• you do not understandγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• these thingsοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778

Cross-references for John 3:10

• Isaiah 9:16For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.
• Isaiah 29:10For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.
• Isaiah 56:10Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
• Jeremiah 8:8How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?
• Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
• Matthew 15:14Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
• Matthew 22:29Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
• Deuteronomy 10:16Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.
• Deuteronomy 30:6The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
• 1 Chronicles 29:19And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.”
• Psalms 51:6Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
• Psalms 73:1Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
• Isaiah 11:6The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.
• Isaiah 66:7“Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.
• Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
• Jeremiah 32:39I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.

Commentaries on John 3:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Art thou a master of Israel, etc. - Hast thou taken upon thee to guide the blind into the way of truth; and yet knowest not that truth thyself? Dost thou command proselytes to be baptized with water, as an emblem of a new birth; and art thou unacquainted with the cause, necessity, nature, and effects of that new birth? How many masters are there still in Israel who are in this respect deplorably ignorant; and, strange to tell, publish their ignorance and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10A master of Israel - A “teacher” of Israel; the same word that in the second verse is translated “teacher.” As such a teacher he ought to have understood this doctrine. It was not new,” but was clearly taught in the Old Testament. See particularly Psalm 51:10, Psalm 51:16-17; Ezekiel 11:19; Ezekiel 36:26. It may seem surprising that a man whose business it was to teach the people should be a stranger to so plain and important a doctrine; but when…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-109-10. How, &c.--Though the subject still confounds Nicodemus, the necessity and possibility of the new birth is no longer the point with him, but the nature of it and how it is brought about [Luthardt]. "From this moment Nicodemus says nothing more, but has sunk unto a disciple who has found his true teacher. Therefore the Saviour now graciously advances in His communications of truth, and once more solemnly brings to the mind of this teacher in Israel…Read the comment

Topics related to John 3:10

• Blindness
• Jesus, the Christ
• Life
• Minister, Christian
• Mysteries
• Nicodemus
• Salvation
• Scriptures

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Jesus
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Born
• Condemn
• Condemnation
• Darkness
• Decrease

Commentaries on John 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings