John 3:9
7 Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
8 The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
10 “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?
11 Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
- KJV
- Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
- WEB
- Nicodemus answered him, “How can these things be?”
- ASV
- Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
- DARBY
- Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be?
- BLB
- Nicodemus answered and said to Him, “How are these things able to be?”
- ÅB
- Nikodemus svarte og sa til ham: Hvordan kan dette skje?
- OTB
- «Hvordan er dette mulig?» spurte Nikodemus.
- B1930
- Nikodemus svarte og sa til ham: Hvorledes kan dette skje?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 42:16
I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
Read in contextJohn 6:52
At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”
Read in contextJohn 6:60
On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”
Read in contextLuke 1:34
“How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
Read in contextJohn 3:4
“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”
Read in contextMark 8:24–25
The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around.”
Read in contextProverbs 4:18
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
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