New English Translation
John 3:7
7Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must all be born from above.’
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, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must all be born from above.’ 8The wind blows wherever it will, and you hear the sound it makes, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” 9Nicodemus replied, “How can these things be?”
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μὴ θαυμάσῃς ὅτι εἶπόν σοι· δεῖ ὑμᾶς γεννηθῆναι ἄνωθεν.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for John 3:7
- John 3:12If I have told you people about earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?
- John 5:28“Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
- John 6:61When Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining about this, he said to them, “Does this cause you to be offended?
- John 3:3Jesus replied, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
- Job 15:14What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
- Matthew 13:33He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all the dough had risen.”
- Romans 3:9What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,
- Romans 9:22But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction?
- Romans 12:1Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God – which is your reasonable service.
- Ephesians 4:22You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,
- Colossians 1:12giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.
- Hebrews 12:14Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.
- 1 Peter 1:14Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,
- Revelation 21:27but nothing ritually unclean will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or practices falsehood, 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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