John 3:8
The wind blows where it will, and thou hear the sound of it, but know not from where it comes, and where it goes. So is every man who is begotten from the Spirit.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
7Marvel not that I said to thee, ye must be begotten from above.
9Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things happen?
Cross References
Job 37:10By the breath of God ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is narrowed.
Job 37:21And now men do not see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes, and clears them.
Psalms 107:29He makes the storm a calm, so that the waves of it are still.
Isaiah 55:9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Mark 4:26And he said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground,
John 1:13who were begotten, not from blood, nor from a will of flesh, nor from a will of man, but from God.
Matthew Henry on John 3:2-22
Christ's Interview with Nicodemus. 1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time… Read the whole commentary →