As none can trace the source or aim of the wind, yet all can hear and feel it, so is it with those who have experienced the new birth. There is something in the inner life not to be explained, but which reveals itself in its operations, and can be known only by experience.
Verse John 3:8. _THE WIND BLOWETH_] Though the manner in which this new birth is effected by the Divine Spirit, be incomprehensible to us, yet we must not, on this ground, suppose it to be impossible...
THE WIND BLOWETH ... - Nicodemus had objected to the doctrine because he did not understand how it could be. Jesus shows him that he ought not to reject it on that account, for he constantly believed...
II. ETERNAL LIFE IMPARTED: What it is and What it Includes Chapter 2:23-17 The second part of this Gospel contains the blessed teachings the Son of God gave concerning eternal life, how it is impart...
THE CONVERSATION WITH NICODEMUS. Nicodemus is an example of those to whom the Lord could not trust Himself. The story shows how He tried to bring those whom His teaching had impressed to a truer conce...
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. No passage, probably, in t...
THE MAN WHO CAME BY NIGHT (John 3:1-6)...
Do not be surprised that I said to you: "You must be reborn from above. The wind blows where it will, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes and whither it goes. So is every...
THE WIND. The Spirit. The word _pneuma,_ Occurs 385 times, and is rendered "wind" only here. It should be translated Spirit, as at end of verse. "Wind" is _anemos._ Occurs 31 times, and is always so r...
John 3:1-21. The discourse with Nicodemus This is the first of the eleven discourses of our Lord which form the main portion, and are among the great characteristics, of this Gospel. They have been u...
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
_The wind bloweth_, &c. This verse is sometimes taken very differently: _the Spirit breatheth where He willeth, and thou hearest His voice, but canst not tell whence He cometh and whither He goeth; so...
John 3:1-21. THE DISCOURSE WITH NICODEMUS This is the first of the discourses of our Lord which form the main portion, and are among the great characteristics, of this Gospel. They have been used as a...
ΤῸ ΠΝΕΥ͂ΜΑ Κ.Τ.Λ. This verse is sometimes rendered thus: _the Spirit breatheth where He willeth, and thou hearest His voice, but canst not tell whence He cometh and whither He goeth: so is every one_...
Ver 4. Nicodemus said to 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? 5. Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say to you, Except a man be b...
_NICODEMUS LEARNED ABOUT THE NEW BIRTH -- JOHN 3:1-8:_ Nicodemus exalted Jesus by saying, "Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is...
ΠΝΕΎΜΑ (G4151) дуновение, ветер. Возможно, здесь присутствует игра слов или образность; сам ветер не имеет воли, ΘΈΛΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΘΈΛΩ (G2309) желать, ΠΝΕΊ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΠΝΈΩ (G41...
THE WIND BLOWETH, &C.— Our Saviour observed, that there was no cause for Nicodemus to be surprised if there were some things in this doctrine of regeneration of an obscure and unsearchable nature; bec...
TEACHING ON THE KINGDOM AND NEW BIRTH _TEXT 3:1-8_ 1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 the same came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 3:1-8 We begin with the usual Analysis of the passage that is to be before us:— "There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: The sam...
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. THE WIND BLOWETH WHERE...
1 We have found an unholy temple, an unspiritual priesthood, and now we are introduced to an ignorant teacher! Intense application to a single text book for a whole life had not taught him the element...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 3 JESUS TEACHES NICODEMUS 3:1-21 V1-2 A *Jewish leader called Nicodemus came to speak to Jesus. Nicodemus was a *Pharis...
THE WIND BLOWETH WHERE IT LISTETH, AND THOU HEAREST THE SOUND THEREOF. — Better (see Note below), _the Spirit breatheth where He willeth, and thou hearest His voice._ These words are an explanation of...
τὸ πνεῦμα ὅπου θέλει πνεῖ. Two renderings of these words are possible: “The wind bloweth where it listeth,” as in A.V [39]; “The Spirit breatheth where He will,” as in margin of R.V [40] By the one re...
NEW LIFE FROM ABOVE THE NEED OF ALL John 2:23-25; John 3:1-8 A solemn question is suggested by John 2:24. Can Jesus trust Himself to us? We must show ourselves worthy of His trust. In John 3:1-36; Jo...
Nicodemus would seem to have been one of the finest products of Judaism. He was thoroughly sincere. Moreover, he was determined to investigate for himself, and so came to Jesus by night, not because h...
The wind bloweth where it (h) 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. (h) With free and wan...
The Spirit breatheth where he will. The Protestant translation has the wind: and so it is expounded by St. John Chrysostom and St. Cyril on this verse; as if Christ compared the motions of the Holy Gh...
CHAPTER 8 REGENERATION THE GREAT SINE QUA NON John 3:1-21. _“There was a man of the Pharisees, whose name was Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; the same came to Him by night, and said, Master, we know...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. XII. CHAPTER III. The first twenty-one verses of the third chapter contain the account of the interview between Jesus and Nicodemus. This interview occurred d...
“ _Marvel not at that which I have said unto thee: ye must be born anew. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh nor whither it goeth. S...
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...
The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
8._The wind bloweth where it pleaseth. _Not that, strictly speaking, there is will in the _blowing_, but because the agitation is free, and uncertain, and variable; for the air is carried sometimes in...
But there was a man (chapter 3) and that a Pharisee who was not satisfied with this inoperative conviction. His conscience was reached. Seeing Jesus, and hearing His testimony, had produced a sense of...
THE WIND BLOWETH WHERE IT LISTETH,.... For ought any mortal can say, or do to the contrary: and so the Spirit of God is a free agent in regeneration; he works how, and where, and when he pleases; he a...
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. Ver. 8. _The wind bloweth...
_That which is born of the flesh is flesh_ Only flesh, void of the Spirit: or is carnal and corrupt, and therefore at enmity with the Spirit. _And that which is born of the Spirit is spirit_ Is spirit...
LISTETH; pleaseth-where its author pleaseth to have it. SO IS EVERY ONE; the Spirit's operation, like that of the wind, is directed by God, unseen, and known by its effects....
THE WIND BLOWETH WHERE IT LISTED, AND THOU HEAREST THE SOUND THEREOF, BUT CANST NOT TELL WHENCE IT COMETH AND WHITHER IT GOETH: SO IS EVERYONE THAT IS BORN OF THE SPIRIT. The statement of Jesus, simpl...
The mode of regeneration:...
NICODEMUS, AND NEW BIRTH (vs.1-21) Among the many who believed because of the miracles, there was however one individual who was more seriously affected. Nicodemus comes to the Lord by night, evident...
1-8 Nicodemus was afraid, or ashamed to be seen with Christ, therefore came in the night. When religion is out of fashion, there are many Nicodemites. But though he came by night, Jesus bid him welco...
The word which is translated WIND, being the same which both here and ordinarily in Scripture is translated spirit, hath given interpreters a great liberty to abound in their several senses. Some thin...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians For though some would have deceived me according to the flesh, yet the Spirit, as being from God, is not deceived. For it knows both whence it comes and whit...
John 3:8 wind G4151 blows G4154 (G5719) where G3699 wishes G2309 (G5719) and G2532 hear G191 ...
“Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again'. The wind blows where it wills, and you hear its voice but do not know from where it comes or where it is going. So is every one who is born...
It is of much importance to keep the closing verses of chap. 2 in close connection with the opening verses of chap. 3 (see the commentary on John 3:1). Rejected by the theocracy of Israel Jesus turns...
John 3:8. The words of this verse point out to Nicodemus _why_ he must not thus ‘marvel' at the new teaching, must not cast it away with incredulous surprise. Nature itself may teach him. In nature th...
THE WIND (το πνευμα). In Greek πνευμα means either wind or spirit as _spiritus_ does in Latin (so also in Hebrew and Syriac). Wycliff follows the Latin and keeps spirit here and Marcus Dods argues f...
John 3:8 The Fruits of the Spirit. I. Such words as those of the text must sound as dreams to those analytical philosophers, who allow nothing in man below the sphere of consciousness actual or possi...
John 3:1. _There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 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...
If you were sent for to visit a dying man, and you wished to select a chapter which would set the truth before him very briefly and very clearly, you could not make a better choice than this 3 rd chap...
If we were asked to read to a dying man who did not know the gospel, we should probably select this chapter as the most suitable one for such an occasion; and what is good for dying men is good for us...
If you were called in to see a person who was dying, and wished to read a chapter from the Word of God, and you were afraid that the sick one did not know the way of salvation, you could not select a...
John 3:1. _There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 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...
We can scarcely find a chapter in which the gospel lies so compact and so plainly stated. John 3:1. _There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:_ Christ's door is open at...
Let us once more read together part of this blessed soul-saving chapter. I suppose that more souls have been saved through the reading of this chapter than through almost any other portion of Holy Wri...
This is a very wonderful chapter, because, while it teaches the doctrine of regeneration, and the necessity of a great moral and spiritual change, it yet also reveals the doctrine of salvation by fait...
CONTENTS: Nicodemus and the new birth. The last testimony of John the Baptist. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Nicodemus, John the Baptist, Moses, John's disciples. CONCLUSION: Since the natural...
John 3:1. _Nicodemus, a ruler of the jews._ This rabbi is named by John as defending our Saviour in the council, and as attending the crucifixion. A gospel of the passion and the resurrection of Chris...
THE WIND BLOWS WHEREVER IT WISHES. _Pendleton_ says: "I take the passage to mean that the process by which a man is regenerated [born again] by the Spirit of God is no more mysterious than other opera...
_How can a man be born when he is old?_ THE INCREDULOUS LISTENER I. THE AMAZED INTERROGATION (John 3:4). 1. Its origination: astonishment and perplexity. 2. Its intention: investigation and inquir...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 3:7 The change from singular to plural in I SAID TO YOU [singular], “YOU [plural] MUST BE BORN AGAIN,” probably is meant to include Nicodemus and his fellow Sanhedrin memb
1-36 CHAPTER 3 _There was a man_, &c. Nicodemus means in Greek _the conqueror of the people._ Such was this man; who, overcoming the fear of the people, the Pharisees, and the priests, believed in Ch...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 3:1. In John 2:23, we read of many who believed in Jesus because of the miracles He wrought. But their belief was so imperfect that Jesus had “no faith” in it. He...
EXPOSITION This is the first of the eleven discourses recorded by this evangelist, and for the most part addressed to the cultivated, hierarcical party in Jerusalem, who questioned him in an unfriend...
Have we got a message for you tonight from the Word of God! John chapter 3 and 4, oh my, how rich! How blessed! There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews (John 3:1). We k...
1 Corinthians 12:11; 1 Corinthians 2:11; 1 John 2:29; 1 John 3:8;...
The wind [τ ο π ν ε υ μ α]. Some hold by the translation spirit, as Wyc., the spirit breatheth where it will. In Hebrew the words spirit and wind are identical. Pneuma is from pnew to breathe or blow,...
THE NEW BIRTH John 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The story of Nicodemus is common to us all, and yet there is, perhaps, much in it which needs to be emphasized, and there may be some things hidden away th...
SALVATION MADE PLAIN John 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are using the story of Nicodemus as the basis of our message for today. However, we are planning to bring out some very vital considerations whic...
The wind bloweth — According to its own nature, not thy will, and thou hearest the sound thereof — Thou art sure it doth blow, but canst not explain the particular manner of its acting. So is every on...