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John 3:9

Nicodemus
Doubt

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

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

10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

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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.

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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?

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 42:16

    And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

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  • John 6:52

    The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

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  • John 6:60

    Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?

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  • Luke 1:34

    Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

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  • John 3:4

    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?

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  • Mark 8:24–25

    And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.

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  • Proverbs 4:18

    But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

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