John 3:9

Nicodemus replied and said to him, “How can these things be?”

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

In Context

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

10Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?

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Cross References

Isaiah 42:16I will bring the blind by a way that they do not know; in paths that they do not know I will lead them. 1 I will turn the darkness into light before them, and make the crooked places straight. 1 These things I will do, and I will not abandon them. 1

Luke 1:34Mary said to the angel, “How will this happen, since I have not slept with any man?”

John 6:52The Jews became angry among themselves and began to argue, saying, “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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