John 3:9 ““How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.”

John 3:9

“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

World English Bible

Nicodemus answered him, “How can these things be?”

American Standard Version

Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

Geneva Bible 1599

Nicodemus answered, and said vnto him, Howe can these things be?

Darby Translation

Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be?

Young's Literal Translation

Nicodemus answered and said to him, 'How are these things able to happen?'

Bible in Basic English

And Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for these things to be?

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Cross references

“How”

John 6:52 John 6:60 Isaiah 42:16 Luke 1:34 John 3:4 Proverbs 4:18

John 6:52 · BSB

At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

John 6:60 · BSB

On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”

Isaiah 42:16 · BSB

I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not for…

Luke 1:34 · BSB

“How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

John 3:4 · BSB

“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?”

Proverbs 4:18 · BSB

The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8The 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.”

10“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

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