New American Standard Bible 1995
John 3:7
John 3:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
- New International Version (NIV)You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’
Context of John 3:7
5Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and 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. Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” 9Nicodemus said to Him, “How can these things be?”
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μὴ θαυμάσῃς ὅτι εἶπόν σοι· δεῖ ὑμᾶς γεννηθῆναι ἄνωθεν.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for John 3:7
- John 3:12If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
- John 5:28Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice,
- John 6:61But Jesus, conscious that His disciples grumbled at this, said to them, “Does this cause you to stumble?
- John 3:3Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
- Job 15:14What is man, that he should be pure, Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
- Matthew 13:33He spoke another parable to them, “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all leavened.”
- Romans 3:9What then? Are we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin;
- Romans 9:22What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction?
- Romans 12:1Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
- Ephesians 4:22that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit,
- Colossians 1:12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light.
- Hebrews 12:14Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord.
- 1 Peter 1:14As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance,
- Revelation 21:27and nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
Commentaries on John 3:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Marvel not - Wonder not. It is possible that Nicodemus in some way still expressed a doubt of the doctrine, and Jesus took occasion in a very striking manner to illustrate it.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-86-8. That which is born, &c.--A great universal proposition; "That which is begotten carries within itself the nature of that which begat it" [Olshausen]. flesh--Not the mere material body, but all that comes into the world by birth, the entire man; yet not humanity simply, but in its corrupted, depraved condition, in complete subjection to the law of the fall (Ro 8:1-9). So that though a man "could enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born,"…Read the comment
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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
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