John 3:9 KJV — MannaFest

John 3:9

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

YLT

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

DBT

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

About this book

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John — The Gospel of sevens and signs. Seven signs, seven 'I AM' sayings, a prologue and an epilogue — written 'that ye might believe' (20:31).

Author: John the Apostle (2nd-century patristic attribution + internal claims)
Date: c. AD 85–95

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13 verses on the floor

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.
John 6:52
The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
John 6:60
Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
Luke 1:34
Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
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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Thus many profess to admit the doctrine of Christ in general, and yet will neither believe the truths of Christianity nor submit to the laws of it further than they please. Christ shall be their teacher, provided they may choose their lesson. Now here, [1.] Nicodemus owns himself ignorant of Christ's meaning, after all: " How can these things be?

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

JHN 3:9ISA 42:16 ISA 30:21
JHN 3:9JHN 3:4 1CO 2:14
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
JHN 3:9ISA 42:16 LUK 3:5
JHN 3:9ISA 42:16 ISA 35:8
JHN 3:9ISA 42:16 ISA 60:19-20
JHN 3:9ISA 42:16 ISA 40:4
JHN 3:9JHN 3:4 1CO 1:18
JHN 3:9JHN 6:60 JHN 6:66

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