John 3:9

“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

10“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

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Cross References

Isaiah 42:16I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.

Luke 1:34“How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

John 6:52At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

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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