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MARVEL NOT - Wonder not. It is possible that Nicodemus in some way
still expressed a doubt of the doctrine, and Jesus took occasion in a
very striking manner to illustrate it....
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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...
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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...
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MARVEL NOT THAT. SAID UNTO THEE, YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN.
The necessity and reasonableness of the new birth is explained more
fully below. It is implied in the word kingdom. No one born. citizen
of Engl...
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THE MAN WHO CAME BY NIGHT (John 3:1-6)...
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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...
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NOT. Greek. _me_ App-105....
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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...
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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...
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_Ye must_ The declaration is brought more closely home. In John 3:3_;
John 3:5_Christ had made a very general statement, -except a man." He
now shews that none are exempt from it. -Ye, the chosen peop...
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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...
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ΕἾΠ. ΣΟΙ. ΔΕΙ͂ ὙΜΑ͂Σ. Note the change of number and
comp. John 1:51. The declaration is pressed home: τις in John 3:3;
John 3:5 is no vague generality; excepting Him who says ‘ye,’ it
is of universal...
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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...
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_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...
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YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN.— "Even _you,_ though the descendants of
Abraham; even you, scribes, Pharisees, and doctors of Israel, however
proud of superior sanctity and knowledge; even you _must be born
ag...
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TEACHING ON THE KINGDOM AND NEW BIRTH
_TEXT 3:1-8_
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Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the
Jews:
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the same came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know...
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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...
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Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
MARVEL NOT THAT I SAID UNTO THEE, YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN. If a
spiritual nature only can see and enter the kingdom of God, if all we
bring in...
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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...
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THE NEW BIRTH. JOHN'S TESTIMONY TO JESUS
1-15. Conversation with Nicodemus. The ministry at Jerusalem, though
disappointing, was not fruitless. Christ's miracles and teaching had
made an impression, n...
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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...
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YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN. — The laws of natural and spiritual
generation have been stated as general truths, holding good for all
mankind, “that which is born.” But there is a special application
to the...
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Therefore it was no cause for wonder that a new birth was required for
entrance into the spiritual kingdom. The argument implies that natural
birth produces only σάρξ, not spirit. By his natural birth...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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“ _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...
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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...
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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...
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_NEW BIRTH_
‘Ye must be born again.’
John 3:7
It is quite impossible for the human mind to have any subject for
consideration of more profound importance than the new birth.
I. THE NEW BIRTH IS T...
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7._Wonder not. _This passage has been tortured by commentators in
various ways. Some think that Christ reproves the gross ignorance of
Nicodemus and other persons of the same class, by saying that_it...
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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...
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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...
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Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
Ver. 7. _Marrel not, &c._] viz. Through unbelief, for otherwise it is
a just wonder, far beyond that of a natural birth, which, but that it
is...
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_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...
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As all men are naturally destitute of the love of God, no one should
think it strange that he must experience that change which Christ
called being born again....
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MARVEL NOT THAT I SAID UNTO THEE, YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN....
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The mode of regeneration:...
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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...
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AGAIN:
Or, from above...
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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...
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There is a twofold admiration, that which is joined with infidelity,
and that which is the effect of faith. Our Saviour forbids Nicodemus
to marvel at the doctrine of regeneration, as strange and incr...
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Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians
are of God, while all other things which are requisite for a holy life
follow after them. No man [truly] making a profession of faith
sinneth;[99]...
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John 3:7 not G3361 marvel G2296 (G5661) that G3754 said G2036 (G5627)
you G4671 You G5209 must...
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“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...
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John 3:7. MARVEL NOT THAT I SAID UNTO THEE, YE MUST BE BORN ANEW.
Nicodemus had no doubt shown by look or exclamation his astonishment
at hearing such words, containing so strange a view of the kingdo...
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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...
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MARVEL NOT
(μη θαυμασηις). "Do not begin to wonder" (ingressive first
aorist active subjunctive with μη), as clearly Nicodemus had done.
In John the word θαυμαζω usually means "unintelligent wonder...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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DO NOT BE SURPRISED. Being Abraham's descendant by natural birth,
means nothing. YOU MUST ALL BE BORN AGAIN. No exceptions. [God's act
in Christ is the only BASIS for salvation. All must reach out thr...
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_Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again _
EVERY MAN’S NECESSITY
When men are perishing it would be cruel to interest their minds or
amuse their fancies.
We must give earnest heed to...
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_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...
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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
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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...
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_Marvel not_, &c. As S. Chrysostom says, "We are not disputing
concerning flesh, but concerning spirit. Do not think either that the
Spirit begets flesh, or flesh the Spirit." Therefore it is necessar...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Peter 1:14; 1 Peter 1:22; Colossians 1:12; Ephesians 4:22;...
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Unto thee - ye must. Note the change from the singular to the plural
pronoun. In his address to Nicodemus (thee) the Lord had spoken also
to those whom Nicodemus represented, and whom he had included...
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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...
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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...
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Ye must be born again — To be born again, is to be inwardly changed
from all sinfulness to all holiness. It is fitly so called, because as
great a change then passes on the soul as passes on the body...
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Nicodemus making an exception against our Saviour's notion of
regeneration, from the absurdity and impossibility of it, (as he
thought,) our Saviour therefore proceeds to clear the matter by.
similtud...