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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Gill's Exposition
Jesus answered, verily, verily, I say unto thee,.... Explaining somewhat more clearly, what he before said:
except a man be born of water and of the Spirit: these are, , "two words", which express…
Barnes' Notes
How can a man ... - It may seem remarkable that Nicodemus understood the Saviour literally, when the expression “to be born again” was in common use among the Jews to denote a change from “Gentilism”…
Adam Clarke
How can a man be born when he is old? - It is probable that Nicodemus was pretty far advanced in age at this time; and from his answer we may plainly perceive that, like the rest of the Jews, and like…
We found, in the close of the foregoing chapter, that few were brought to Christ at Jerusalem; yet here was one, a considerable one. It is worth while to go a great way for the salvation though but of…
Cambridge Bible
when he is old He purposely puts the most impossible case; the words do not imply that he was an old man himself. It is difficult to believe that Nicodemus really supposed Christ to be speaking of…
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