John 3:5

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 3:5

To excite his spirit and attention, our Saviour again expresses the authority of his person, I say; and twice repeats the solemn asseveration, Verily, verily, to show the infallible certainty and importance of what he propounds, that it is a truth worthy of his most serious consideration, and to be embraced with a stedfast belief. After this preface, he declares, If any one be not born of water and the Spirit, to rectify the carnal conceit of Nicodemus about regeneration. In John 3:3 our... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - John 3:1-15

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTESJohn 3:1. In John 2:23-24, 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. Here, however, we have a man of a different stamp. He was, it is true, influenced to some extent by Jesus’ miracles, but he came to the Lord as a genuine inquirer and seeker after truth. Nicodemus.—A Greek name, but known among the Jews. “The Talmud mentions again and again a person of this name... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 3:5-6

John 3:5-6 I. By "being born again" is meant exactly the same thing as by "rising again;" or, rather, the same two things are meant by it. In its literal sense it means what is meant by the Resurrection literally; that is, our entrance upon a new state of being, after our present one is over. By being born, we came into this world from a state of nothingness; by being born again, we shall pass into another world from a similar state of nothingness that is, from death. This is being born again... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - John 3:1-36

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 know a few things about him; we know that he must have been very wealthy, for he came with Joseph of Arimathea to embalm the body of Jesus after the crucifixion. And he brought these costly spices, about a hundred pounds, that only a very wealthy person could afford. A ruler of the Jews means that he... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - John 3:1-36

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 Christ was published under his name; and though generally reputed spurious, yet it is mentioned by Bede, and by other good authors. He is understood to have left Judea when Stephen was martyred. John 3:3 . Except a man be born again. The jews thought, that to be of Abraham’s seed and to keep the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 3:3-5

John 3:3-5Except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of GodThe birth of the new manMan is confronted with two facts.1. The existence of evil. 2. The hope of deliverance. Christ here shows how this hope may be realized, viz., by a new birth, and by that alone. I. WHY MUST THIS BE? Simply because to live in heaven we must have the life of heaven. Man can enter no world but by a birth, and to enter heaven, therefore, he must be born into it. To the heavenly world man is dead Ephesians... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 3:4-8

John 3:4-8How can a man be born when he is old?--The incredulous listenerI. THE AMAZED INTERROGATION (John 3:4). 1. Its origination: astonishment and perplexity. 2. Its intention: investigation and inquiry. 3. Its explanation: the new birth an impossibility. II. THE SUBLIME ELUCIDATION. 1. The exposition (John 3:5), in which are noticeable (1) That the former truth is repeated with the old solemnity, authority, particularity, universality, certainty. Christ conceded nothing to the rank and... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 3:5

5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Ver. 5. Be born of water, and the Holy Ghost ] That is, of the Holy Ghost working like water, cooling, cleansing, &c. In allusion, belike, to that first washing of a newly born babe from his blood,Ezekiel 16:4; Ezekiel 16:4 . Or else to those Levitical washings, and not without some reference to Nicodemus and his fellow Pharisees, who placed a great... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - John 3:5

born: John 3:3, Isaiah 44:3, Isaiah 44:4, Ezekiel 36:25-Daniel :, Matthew 3:11, Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38, Ephesians 5:26, Titus 3:4-Judges :, 1 Peter 1:2, 1 Peter 3:21, 1 John 5:6-Ruth : and of: John 1:13, Romans 8:2, 1 Corinthians 2:12, 1 Corinthians 6:11, 1 John 2:29, 1 John 5:1, 1 John 5:6-Ruth : cannot: Matthew 5:20, Matthew 18:3, Matthew 28:19, Luke 13:3, Luke 13:5, Luke 13:24, Acts 2:38, Acts 3:19, Romans 14:17, 2 Corinthians 5:17, 2 Corinthians 5:18, Galatians 6:15, Ephesians 2:4-2... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - John 3:5

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit — Except he experience that great inward change by the Spirit, and be baptized (wherever baptism can be had) as the outward sign and means of it. read more

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