That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
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Gill's Exposition
Marvel not that I said unto thee,...., For Nicodemus was quite astonished, at this doctrine of the new birth; it was altogether new to him, and unheard of by him; nor could he understand, nor conceive…
Barnes' Notes
That which is born of the flesh - To show the necessity of this change, the Saviour directs the attention of Nicodemus to the natural condition of man. By “that which is born of the flesh” he…
Adam Clarke
That which is born of the flesh is flesh - This is the answer to the objection made by Nicodemus in Joh 3:4. Can a man enter the second time into his mother's womb and be born? Our Lord here intimates…
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
The meaning of -birth from above" is still further explained by an analogy. What a man inherits from his parents is a body with animal life and passions; what he receives from above is a spiritual…
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