John 3:9

Nicodemus responded and said to him, “How are these things able to be accomplished?”

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Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

In Context

8The Spirit inspires where he wills. And you hear his voice, but you do not know where he comes from, or where he is going. So it is with all who are born of the Spirit.”

10Jesus responded and said to him: “You are a teacher in Israel, and you are ignorant of these things?

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Cross References

Isaiah 42:16And I will lead the blind along a way which they do not know. And I will cause them to walk along paths with which they were unfamiliar. I will turn darkness into light before them, and crooked into straight. These things I have done for them. For I have not abandoned them.

Luke 1:34Then Mary said to the Angel, “How shall this be done, since I do not know man?”

John 6:52If anyone eats from this bread, he shall live in eternity. And the bread that I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.”

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 →

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