of water, &c.. of water and spirit. No Art. Figure of speech Hendiadys (App-6). Not two things, but one, by which the latter Noun becomes. superlative and emphatic Adjective, determining the meaning and nature of the former Noun, showing that one to be spiritual water: i.e. not water but spirit. It is to be rendered "of water-yea, spiritual water". Compare Ephesians 5:26, and See John 7:38; John 7:39 and Ezekiel 36:25-27 for the "earthly things" of John 3:12.
enter. Showing what the Lord meant by "see", in John 3:3.