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John 3:8
New International Version
John 3:8
New International Version
8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”[a](A)
Footnotes
- John 3:8 The Greek for Spirit is the same as that for wind.
John 3:8
New English Translation
John 3:8
New English Translation
8 The wind[a] blows wherever it will, and you hear the sound it makes, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”[b]
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- John 3:8 tn The same Greek word, πνεύματος (pneumatos), may be translated “wind” or “spirit.”
- John 3:8 sn Again, the physical illustrates the spiritual, although the force is heightened by the word-play here on wind-spirit (see the note on wind at the beginning of this verse). By the end of the verse, however, the final usage of πνεύματος (pneumatos) refers to the Holy Spirit.
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