John 3:8
The Spirit breatheth where he will and thou hearest his voice: but thou knowest not whence he cometh and whither he goeth. So is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
7Wonder not that I said to thee: You must be born again.
9Nicodemus answered and said to him: How can these things be done?
Cross References
Job 37:10When God bloweth there cometh frost, and again the waters are poured out abundantly.
Job 37:21But now they see not the light: the air on a sudden shall be thickened into clouds, and the wind shall pass and drive them away.
Isaiah 55:9For as the heavens are exalted above the earth, so are my ways exalted above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.
Mark 4:26And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the earth,
John 1:13Who are born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, 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 →