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John 3:12

If I have spoken to you of things on earth, and ye believe not; how will ye believe, if I speak of things in heaven?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

In Context

11Verily, verily, I say to thee: We speak, what we know; and we testify to what we have seen; but ye receive not our testimony.

13And no one hath ascended to heaven, but he that descended from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.

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Cross References

John 1:1In the beginning, was the Word; and the Word was with God; and the Word was God.

John 3:5Jesus replied, and said to him Verily, verily, I say to thee, That, unless a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

John 3:13And no one hath ascended to heaven, but he that descended from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.

1 Corinthians 2:7But we speak the wisdom of God, in a mystery; the wisdom which was hidden, and which God predetermined before the world was, for our glory:

1 Timothy 3:16and truly great, is this mystery of righteousness, which was revealed in the flesh, and justified in the spirit, and seen by angels, and proclaimed among the Gentiles, and believed on in the world, and received up into glory.

1 Peter 2:1Therefore, cease ye from all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisy, and envy, and backbiting.

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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