John 3:4

Nicodemus said, “How can a big man like me get back into his mother’s body and get born again?”

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?

In Context

3Jesus said to him, “Listen, I am telling you straight, people have to get born again, and then they can be in God’s family.”

5Jesus said, “Listen, I am telling you straight, if anyone wants to be in God’s family, they have to get born again God’s way. God has to make them clean, and he has to put his spirit in them.

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Cross References

John 4:11The woman said, “Sir, this water-hole is really deep, and you haven’t got a bucket. How are you going to get that fresh water?

John 6:60Jesus’s followers heard him teaching those things and a lot of them said, “This message is too hard. We can’t believe it.”

1 Corinthians 2:14You see, if God’s spirit is not living inside people, they can’t believe any message from God. They can’t understand what God wants to teach them. They think it is all stupid. You see, the Holy Spirit is the only one that can help people understand the things 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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