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João 3:9

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João 3:9 Meaning and Commentary

John 3:9

Nicodemus answered and said unto him
Remaining still as ignorant as ever, though Christ had explained the phrase "born again", at which he stumbled, by a being "born of water and of the Spirit", or of the grace of the Spirit of God; and had illustrated this by the free, powerful, and invisible blowing of the wind:

how can these things be?
The Arabic version reads, "how can this be?" referring either to the last thing said, that a man's being born of the Spirit, is like the blowing of the wind; or to the explanation of the first expression, that a man should be born of water, and of the Spirit; or to the first assertion itself, that a man should be born again; which notwithstanding the explanation and illustration, seemed as impossible, and as impracticable as ever; or rather to them all, and so the Persic version reads, "how can all these things be?"

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João 3:9 In-Context

7 NĂŁo se surpreenda pelo fato de eu ter dito: É necessĂĄrio que vocĂȘs nasçam de novo.
8 O vento sopra onde quer. VocĂȘ o escuta, mas nĂŁo pode dizer de onde vem nem para onde vai. Assim acontece com todos os nascidos do EspĂ­rito”.
9 Perguntou Nicodemos: “Como pode ser isso?”
10 Disse Jesus: “VocĂȘ Ă© mestre em Israel e nĂŁo entende essas coisas?
11 Asseguro que nĂłs falamos do que conhecemos e testemunhamos do que vimos, mas mesmo assim vocĂȘs nĂŁo aceitam o nosso testemunho.

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