John 3:7-13 1599 Geneva Bible (GNV) 7 Marvel not that I said to thee, Ye must be born again. 8 The wind bloweth where it [a]listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every man that is born of the Spirit. 9 [b]Nicodemus answered, and said unto him, How can these things be? 10 Jesus answered, and said unto him, Art thou a teacher of Israel, and knowest not these things? 11 Verily, verily I say unto thee, We speak that we know, and testify that we have seen: but ye receive not our [c]witness. 12 If when I tell you earthly things, ye believe not, how should ye believe, If I shall tell you of heavenly things? 13 For no [d]man [e]ascendeth up to heaven, but he that had descended from heaven, [f]that Son of man which [g]is in heaven. Footnotes: John 3:8 With free and wandering blasts, as it listeth. John 3:9 The secret mystery of our regeneration which cannot be comprehended by man’s capacity, is perceived by faith, and that in Christ only, because that he is both God on earth, and man in heaven, that is to say, in such sort man, that he is God also, and therefore almighty: and in such sort God, that he is man also, and therefore his power is manifest unto us. John 3:11 You handle doubtful things, and such as you have no certain author for, and yet men believe you: but I teach those things that are of a truth and well known, and you believe me not. John 3:13 Only Christ can teach us heavenly things for no man ascendeth, etc. John 3:13 That is, hath any spiritual light and understanding, or ever had, but only that Son of God, which came down to us. John 3:13 Whereas he is said to have come down from heaven, that must be understood of his Godhead, and of the manner of his conception: for Christ’s birth upon the earth was heavenly, and not earthly, for he was conceived by the holy Ghost. John 3:13 That which is proper to the divinity of Christ, is here spoken of whole Christ, to give us to understand that he is but one person, wherein two natures are united, and this kind of speech men call, the communicating of proprieties.
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