Revised Webster's Bible
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, Verily, verily, I say to 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. Marvel not that I said to thee, Ye must be born again. 8The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the sound of it, but canst not tell where it cometh from, and where it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 9Nicodemus answered and 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 have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you heavenly things?
- John 5:28Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
- John 6:61When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said to them, Doth this offend you?
- John 3:3Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say to thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
- Job 15:14What is man, that he should be clean? and he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
- Matthew 13:33Another parable he spoke to them; The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
- Romans 3:9What then? are we better than they ? No, in no way: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
- Romans 9:22What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
- Romans 12:1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
- Ephesians 4:22That ye put off concerning the former manner of life the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
- Colossians 1:12Giving thanks to the Father, who hath made us qualified to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
- Hebrews 12:14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
- 1 Peter 1:14As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
- Revelation 21:27And there shall by no means enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they who 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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- 1. John 3:7 again: or, from above ↩
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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