Jesus and Nicodemus
(Genesis 22:1–10; Romans 5:6–11)
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. Jhn 19:39Jhn 3:10Jhn 7:47-50Luk 23:13 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.” Jhn 5:36Act 10:38Act 2:22Act 4:16-17Jhn 9:16Jhn 9:30-33Mat 22:16Jhn 1:38
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. 1” 2Co 5:17Jhn 3:5-61Pe 1:23-251Jn 3:91Jn 5:1Tit 3:5Jhn 1:131Jn 2:29
“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?” 1Co 2:141Co 1:18Jhn 3:3Jhn 4:11-12Jhn 6:53Jhn 6:60
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Ezk 36:25-27Eph 5:26Act 2:381Pe 3:211Co 6:111Jn 5:6-8Isa 44:3-4Mat 3:11 Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit. Gal 5:16-21Ezk 36:26-27Rom 8:4-92Co 5:171Co 15:47-501Co 6:17Rom 7:181Jn 3:9 Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You 2must be born again.’ Eph 4:22-24Jhn 3:3Rom 12:1-21Pe 1:22Jhn 3:12Rev 21:271Pe 1:14-16Col 1:12 The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” Ecc 11:4-51Co 2:11Act 2:2Ezk 37:91Jn 2:29Mrk 4:26-29Act 4:31Jhn 1:13
“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked. Isa 42:16Jhn 6:52Jhn 6:60Luk 1:34Jhn 3:4Mrk 8:24-25Pro 4:18
“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things? Mat 22:29Jer 8:8-9Ezk 11:19Mat 15:14Ezk 36:25-27Psa 51:10Psa 51:6Psa 73:1 Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony. Jhn 8:381Jn 5:6-12Jhn 1:18Jhn 12:49Jhn 14:24Jhn 8:14Jhn 7:16Jhn 8:28-29
If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? 1Co 3:1-21Co 2:7-9Heb 5:11Jhn 3:31-361Pe 2:1-3Jhn 1:1-14Jhn 3:13-17Jhn 3:5 No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man. 3 Pro 30:4Act 2:34Jhn 6:38Jhn 1:181Co 15:47Jhn 13:3Eph 4:9-10Jhn 6:62 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, Num 21:7-9Jhn 8:28Jhn 12:32-34Luk 24:26-27Luk 24:44-462Ki 18:4Psa 22:16Act 2:23 that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life. 4 Jhn 3:16Jhn 6:40Jhn 3:361Jn 5:11-13Jhn 12:44-461Jn 5:11Jn 5:20Rom 10:9-14
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only 5Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. Rom 5:81Jn 4:9-10Rom 8:32Jhn 3:15Jhn 11:25-26Jhn 6:40Jhn 3:361Jn 4:19 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. 1Jn 4:14Luk 19:10Jhn 12:47-48Jhn 6:57Jhn 6:401Ti 2:5-6Jhn 6:29Jhn 20:21 Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 1Jn 5:10Mrk 16:16Rom 8:1Jhn 5:241Jn 5:12Jhn 3:36Rom 5:11Jn 4:9
And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. Jhn 8:122Th 2:12Jhn 9:39-41Rom 2:8Jhn 12:43Jhn 5:44Rom 1:322Pe 3:3 Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. Eph 5:11-13Jhn 7:7Job 24:13-17Pro 1:29Pro 4:18Jas 1:23-251Ki 22:8Psa 50:17 But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.” 6 1Jn 1:6Psa 139:23-243Jn 1:11Eph 5:9Php 2:131Jn 4:15-16Psa 119:1051Jn 2:27-29
John’s Testimony about Jesus
After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized. Jhn 4:1-3Jhn 3:26Jhn 7:3Jhn 2:13
Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized. Mrk 1:4-51Sa 9:4Ezk 43:2Luk 3:7Mat 3:5-6Ezk 19:10Gen 33:18Jer 51:13 (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.) Mat 4:12Mat 14:3Mrk 6:17Luk 3:19-20Luk 9:7-9
Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew 7over the issue of ceremonial washing. Jhn 2:6Mat 3:11Heb 6:21Pe 3:21Heb 9:10Heb 9:23Heb 9:13-14Mrk 7:8 So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.” Jhn 1:7Gal 6:12-13Jas 3:14-18Jhn 1:15Jhn 12:191Co 3:3-5Act 19:26-27Gal 5:20-21
John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven. Jas 1:171Co 4:71Co 15:101Pe 4:10-11Amo 7:151Co 2:12-14Jer 1:5Mat 25:15 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’ Jhn 1:20Jhn 1:23Luk 1:16-17Mat 3:11-12Jhn 1:25Mal 3:1Luk 1:76Mat 3:3 The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. Eph 5:25-27Hos 2:19Isa 54:5Mat 9:15Ezk 16:8Rev 19:7-9Rev 21:9Php 2:2 He must increase; I must decrease. Col 1:18Psa 72:17-19Heb 3:2-6Isa 9:71Co 3:5Rev 11:15Act 13:36-37Dan 2:34-35
The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The One who comes from heaven is above all. 8 Jhn 8:23Mat 28:18Rom 9:5Jhn 6:331Jn 4:5Jhn 3:12-13Php 2:9-11Jhn 6:51 He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony. Jhn 3:11Jhn 15:15Jhn 1:11Jhn 8:26Jhn 5:20Jhn 3:33Isa 50:2Isa 53:1 Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful. Eph 1:13Heb 6:172Co 1:18Tit 1:1-22Co 1:22Jhn 6:27Rom 3:3-4Rom 4:18-21 For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit. Act 10:38Mat 12:18Jhn 15:26Jhn 5:26Col 2:9Isa 11:2-5Luk 4:18Jhn 7:37-39
The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands. Mat 28:18Jhn 5:20Luk 10:22Jhn 5:22Jhn 17:2Mat 11:27Eph 1:221Co 15:27 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.” 9 Jhn 5:24Jhn 1:121Th 5:9Eph 5:6Jhn 3:15-161Jn 5:10-13Rom 1:17-18Rom 5:9