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John 3:8

The wind blows where it will, and thou hearest its voice, but knowest not whence it comes and where it goes: thus is every one that is born of the Spirit.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

In Context

7Do not wonder that I said to thee, It is needful that *ye* should be born anew.

9Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be?

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Cross References

Job 37:10By the breath of God ice is given; and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

Job 37:21And now [men] see not the light as it gleameth, it is [hidden] in the skies. But the wind passeth by and cleareth them.

Psalms 107:29He maketh the storm a calm, and the waves thereof 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 the seed upon the earth,

John 1:13who have been born, not of blood, nor of flesh's will, nor of man's will, but of 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 →

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