John 3:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

John 6:52 : 52 The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
John 6:60 : 60 Many therefore of his disciples, when the heard [this], said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it?
Luke 1:34 : 34 And Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
Isa 42:16 : 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.
Mark 8:24-25 : 24 And he looked up, and said, I see men; for I behold [them] as trees, walking. 25 Then again he laid his hands upon his eyes; and he looked stedfastly, and was restored, and saw all things clearly.
John 3:4 : 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

John 3:1-8
8 verses
89%
1Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2the same came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him.
3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot {G1410} see the kingdom of God.
4Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot {G1410} enter into the kingdom of God!
6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew.
8The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest {G1492} not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
John 3:10-13
4 verses
87%
10Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things?
11Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12If I told you earthly things and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you heavenly things?
13And no one hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, [even] the Son of man, who is in heaven.
John 7:50-51
2 verses
81%
50Nicodemus saith unto them (he that came to him before, being one of them),
51Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?
John 1:48-51
4 verses
73%
48Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before {G3588} Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
49Nathanael answered {G2532} {G3004} him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art King of Israel.
50Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee underneath the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.
51And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye shall see the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
John 9:30
72%
30The man answered and said unto them, Why, herein {G1722} is the marvel, that ye know not whence he is, and [yet] he opened mine eyes.
John 3:26-27
2 verses
71%
26And they came unto John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
27John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven.
John 1:13
71%
13who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
John 9:25-26
2 verses
71%
25He therefore answered, {G2532} {G2036} Whether he is a sinner, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
26They said therefore unto him, {G3825} What did he to thee? How opened he thine eyes?
John 9:10
70%
10They said therefore unto him, How then were thine eyes opened?
John 9:36-37
2 verses
69%
36He answered and said, And who is he, Lord, that I may believe on him?
37{G1161} Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and he it is that speaketh with thee.
Luke 20:7
69%
7And they answered, that they {G1492} knew not whence [it was].
John 6:62
69%
62[ What] then if ye should behold the Son of man ascending where he was before?
John 3:31
69%
31He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
John 9:2-3
2 verses
69%
2And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man, or his parents, that he should be born blind?
3Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
John 9:19
68%
19and asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say {G3754} was born blind? How then doth he now see?
John 8:23
68%
23And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
John 9:21
68%
21but how he now seeth, we know not; or who opened his eyes, we know not: ask him; he is of age; he shall speak for himself.
John 9:33-34
2 verses
68%
33If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.
34They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
John 6:42
68%
42And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how {G3767} doth he now say, I am come down out of heaven?
John 3:22
68%
22After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
Matt 3:13
68%
13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
John 1:46
68%
46And Nathanael said unto him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
John 1:33
68%
33And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize in water, he said unto me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding upon him, the same is he that baptizeth in the Holy Spirit.
John 8:14
68%
14Jesus answered and said unto them, Even if I bear witness of myself, my witness is true; for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye know not whence I come, or whither I go.
John 18:34
68%
34Jesus answered, {G846} Sayest thou this of thyself, or did others tell it thee concerning me?
John 9:12
67%
12And they said unto him, Where is he? He saith, I know not.
John 1:25
67%
25And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?
John 14:5
67%
5Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; {G2532} how know we the way?
John 6:28
67%
28They said therefore unto him, What must we do, that we may work the works of God?
John 2:18
67%
18The Jews therefore answered and said unto him, What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
John 7:36
67%
36What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye cannot {G1410} come?