Tree of Life Version
John 3:7
7Do not be surprised that I said to you, ‘You all must 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
5Yeshua answered, “Amen, amen I tell you, unless one 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 surprised that I said to you, ‘You all must be born from above.’ 8The wind blows where it wishes and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” 9“How can these things happen?” Nicodemus said.
Read all of John 3John 3:7 word by word
μὴ θαυμάσῃς ὅτι εἶπόν σοι· δεῖ ὑμᾶς γεννηθῆναι ἄνωθεν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for John 3:7
- John 3:12If you do not believe the earthly things I told you, how will you believe when I tell you about heavenly things?
- John 5:28“Do not be amazed at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
- John 6:61But Yeshua knew His disciples were murmuring, so He said to them, “Does this offend you?
- John 3:3Yeshua answered him, “Amen, amen I tell you, unless one is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
- Job 15:14“What is man, that he could be pure, or one born of woman, that he could be righteous?
- Matthew 13:33He told them another parable, “The kingdom of heaven is like hametz, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”
- Romans 3:9What then? Are we better than they? No, not at all. For we have already made the case that all—both Jewish and Greek people—are under sin.
- Romans 9:22Now what if God, willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath designed for destruction?
- Romans 12:1I urge you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice—holy, acceptable to God—which is your spiritual service.
- Ephesians 4:22With respect to your former lifestyle, you are to lay aside the old self corrupted by its deceitful desires,
- Colossians 1:12we give thanks to the Father, who qualified you to share in the inheritance of the kedoshim in the light.
- Hebrews 12:14Pursue shalom with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
- 1 Peter 1:14Like obedient children, do not be shaped by the cravings you had formerly in your ignorance.
- Revelation 21:27And nothing unholy shall ever enter it, nor anyone doing what is detestable or false, but only those written in the 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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