“ Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? ”
How can these things be? - Nicodemus was still unwilling to admit the doctrine unless he understood it; and we have here an instance of a man of rank stumbling at one of the plainest doctrines of...
(3) Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? (3) The secret mystery of our regeneration which cannot be comprehended by man's capacity, is perceived by faith, and that in Chris...
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 co...
these things . See Jeremiah 31:33 ; Jeremiah 32:39 ; Ezekiel 11:19 ; Ezekiel 18:31 ; Ezekiel 36:25-27 ; Psalms 51:10 . be . come to pass. Reference to John 3:4 .
9. How can these things be? We see what is the chief obstacle in the way of Nicodemus. Every thing that he hears appears monstrous, because he does not understand the manner of it; so that t...
Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? How can these things be? - Our Lord had very plainly told him how these things could be, and illustrated the new birth by one of the mos...
Nicodemus answered, &c.— Our Lord's arguments were undeniable: nevertheless, Nicodemus, who had been accustomed to the pomp and ceremony of an external religion, surprised to hear that Jews (wh...
Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? Though the subject, says Luthardt, still confounds him, the neces...
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 impressio...
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 school...
Chapter 8 THE BRAZEN SERPENT. “Nicodemus answered and said unto Him, How can these things be? Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things?...
Love's Great Gift: Received or Rejected John 3:9-21 Though physically on earth, our Lord was spiritually in touch with the heavenly realities. He was living among them and bore witness to them....
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...
Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? (10) Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? (11) Verily, verily, I say unto thee,...
THE PUZZLED INQUIRER ‘How can these things be?’ John 3:9 In the interview between our Lord and Nicodemus, we have an early instance of difficulties of belief in a candid and thoughtful mind....
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...
Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? Ver. 9. How can these things be? ] Christ had told him that the manner of the Spirit's working is incomprehensible, and yet he is at...
Nicodemus answered, How can these things be? Christ's explication of the doctrine of regeneration, and its necessity, made it no clearer to him. The corruption of nature, which renders it necessary...
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, evi...
Christ's Interview with Nicodemus. 1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus...
Nicodemus had before spoken as if he thought it a thing impossible, understanding our Saviour of a carnal generation, which he knew could not be repeated: perceiving that he spake of a spiritual birt...
‘Nicodemus answered and said to him, “How can these things be?” ' Nicodemus still does not understand. ‘How can these things be?', he asks. What is clear to many a Christian child is a total mystery...
EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 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”...
John 3:9 The Christian Mysteries. The Feast of Trinity succeeds Pentecost; the light of the Gospel does not remove mysteries in religion. This is our subject. Let us enlarge upon it. I. Consider...
John 3:1-43 . 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 n...
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 Ch...
How can these things be? Religious revivals This question is often asked concerning revivals of religion, and in dealing with it I would show I. THAT THERE ARE SOLID GROUNDS ON WHICH TO BUIL...
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 u...
Nicodemus answered and said unto Him, How can these things be?
Isaiah 42:16 ; John 3:4 ; John 6:52 ; John 6:60 ; Luke 1:34 ; Mark 8:24 ; Mark 8:25 ; Proverbs 4:18
The New Birth John 3:1-15 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...