John 3:9

Nicodemus answered and said to Him, “How are these things able to happen?”

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

8the Spirit blows where [that] One wills, and you hear [that] One’s voice, but you have not known from where [that] One comes, and to where [that] One goes; thus is everyone who has been born of the Spirit.”

10Jesus answered and said to him, “You are the teacher of Israel and you do not know these things?

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Cross References

Isaiah 42:16And I have caused the blind to go, || In a way they have not known, || I cause them to tread in paths they have not known, || I make a dark place become light before them, || And unleveled places become a plain, || These [are] the things I have done to them, || And I have not forsaken them.

Luke 1:34And Mary said to the messenger, “How will this be, seeing I do not know a husband?”

John 6:52The Jews, therefore, were striving with one another, saying, “How is this One able to 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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