John Chapter 3 verse 9 Holy Bible

ASV John 3:9

Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
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BBE John 3:9

And Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for these things to be?
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DARBY John 3:9

Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be?
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KJV John 3:9

Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
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WBT John 3:9


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WEB John 3:9

Nicodemus answered him, "How can these things be?"
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YLT John 3:9

Nicodemus answered and said to him, `How are these things able to happen?'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things come to pass? He takes the position now of a learner, and does not by his query repudiate regeneration as absolutely impossible, but he asks the questions "why" and "how." He may reveal his continued ignorance of the subject matter, but he is willing to be taught. The idea we form of our Lord's reply is regulated by the strict meaning we assign to the question - (πῶς;) "how?" (cf. Romans 2:19, 29, and note on ver. 12).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) How can these things be?--The answer to the previous question has spoken of a spiritual birth and a spiritual life and a spiritual kingdom, but all this is in a region of which the Rabbinic schools knew nothing. They were the authorised exponents of Law and Prophets; they knew the precise number of words, and the shape of letters; the form of a phylactery, and the width of a fringe; the tithing of garden herbs, and the manner of washing the hands: but spirit, life, a man's soul born again!--"how can these things be?"