John 3:8
The wind blows wherever it wants, and just as you hear the sound it makes, but don't know where it's coming from or where it's going, that's how it is for everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
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In Context
7Don't be surprised at my telling you, ‘You must be reborn.’
9“How is this possible?” Nicodemus asked.
Cross References
Job 37:10God's breath produces ice, freezing the surface of water solid.
Job 37:21After all, we can't look at the sun when it blazes brightly in the sky, after the wind has cleared away the clouds.
Psalms 107:29He calmed the storm, the waves were quiet.
Isaiah 55:9In the same way the heavens are higher than the earth, my ways are higher than your ways, and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
Mark 4:26God's kingdom is like a man sowing seed in the ground,” Jesus said.
John 1:13These are the children born not in the usual way, not as the result of human desire or a father's decision, but born 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 →