John 3:9

Nicodemus answered and said to him, 'How are these things able to happen?'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8the Spirit where he willeth doth blow, and his voice thou dost hear, but thou hast not known whence he cometh, and whither he goeth; thus is every one who hath been born of the Spirit.'

10Jesus answered and said to him, 'Thou art the teacher of Israel — and these things thou dost not know!

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Cross References

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

Luke 1:34And Mary said unto the messenger, 'How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?'

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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