5{
"verseID": "John.3.5",
"source": "Ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς, Ἀμὴν, ἀμὴν, λέγω σοι, Ἐὰν μή τις γεννηθῇ ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ Πνεύματος, οὐ δύναται εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ.",
"text": "*Apekrithē Iēsous, Amēn, amēn, legō soi*, Unless *tis gennēthē ex hydatos kai Pneumatos*, not *dunatai eiselthein eis tēn basileian tou Theou*.",
"grammar": {
"*Apekrithē*": "aorist, passive, 3rd singular - answered/responded",
"*Iēsous*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus",
"*Amēn*": "Hebrew term - truly/verily [emphatic affirmation]",
"*legō*": "present, 1st singular - I say/tell",
"*soi*": "personal pronoun, dative - to you",
"*tis*": "indefinite pronoun, nominative - anyone/someone",
"*gennēthē*": "aorist, passive, subjunctive, 3rd singular - might be born",
"*ex*": "preposition + genitive - from/out of",
"*hydatos*": "genitive, neuter, singular - of water",
"*kai*": "conjunction - and",
"*Pneumatos*": "genitive, neuter, singular - of Spirit",
"*dunatai*": "present, middle/passive, 3rd singular - is able/can",
"*eiselthein*": "aorist, infinitive - to enter/go in",
"*eis*": "preposition + accusative - into/to",
"*basileian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - kingdom/reign",
"*tou Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of God"
},
"variants": {
"*Pneumatos*": "Spirit/wind/breath [play on words continues]",
"*hydatos*": "water/fluid [possibly symbolic of natural birth or purification]",
"*eiselthein*": "to enter/go in/join"
}
}
6{
"verseID": "John.3.6",
"source": "Τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τῆς σαρκὸς σάρξ ἐστιν· καὶ τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τοῦ Πνεύματος πνεῦμά ἐστιν.",
"text": "The *gegennēmenon ek tēs sarkos sarx estin*; and the *gegennēmenon ek tou Pneumatos pneuma estin*.",
"grammar": {
"*gegennēmenon*": "perfect, passive participle, nominative, neuter, singular - having been born",
"*ek*": "preposition + genitive - from/out of",
"*sarkos*": "genitive, feminine, singular - of flesh",
"*sarx*": "nominative, feminine, singular - flesh",
"*estin*": "present, 3rd singular - is",
"*Pneumatos*": "genitive, neuter, singular - of Spirit",
"*pneuma*": "nominative, neuter, singular - spirit"
},
"variants": {
"*sarx*": "flesh/physical body/human nature/carnality",
"*pneuma*": "spirit/Spirit/spiritual nature",
"*gegennēmenon*": "that which has been born/the born thing"
}
}
7{
"verseID": "John.3.7",
"source": "Μὴ θαυμάσῃς ὅτι εἶπόν σοι, Δεῖ ὑμᾶς γεννηθῆναι ἄνωθεν.",
"text": "Not *thaumasēs hoti eipon soi, Dei hymas gennēthēnai anōthen*.",
"grammar": {
"*thaumasēs*": "aorist, subjunctive, 2nd singular - you should marvel/wonder",
"*hoti*": "conjunction - that/because",
"*eipon*": "aorist, 1st singular - I said",
"*soi*": "personal pronoun, dative - to you",
"*Dei*": "present, 3rd singular, impersonal - it is necessary",
"*hymas*": "personal pronoun, accusative, plural - you [plural]",
"*gennēthēnai*": "aorist, passive, infinitive - to be born",
"*anōthen*": "adverb - from above/again"
},
"variants": {
"*Dei*": "it is necessary/must/should",
"*anōthen*": "from above/again/anew",
"*thaumasēs*": "marvel/be amazed/be astonished"
}
}
8{
"verseID": "John.3.8",
"source": "Τὸ πνεῦμα ὅπου θέλει πνεῖ, καὶ τὴν φωνὴν αὐτοῦ ἀκούεις, ἀλλʼ οὐκ οἶδας πόθεν ἔρχεται, καὶ ποῦ ὑπάγει: οὕτως ἐστὶν πᾶς ὁ γεγεννημένος ἐκ τοῦ Πνεύματος.",
"text": "The *pneuma hopou thelei pnei*, and the *phōnēn autou akoueis*, but not *oidas pothen erchetai*, and where *hypagei*: thus *estin pas ho gegennēmenos ek tou Pneumatos*.",
"grammar": {
"*pneuma*": "nominative, neuter, singular - wind/spirit",
"*hopou*": "adverb - where",
"*thelei*": "present, 3rd singular - it wills/wishes",
"*pnei*": "present, 3rd singular - blows/breathes",
"*phōnēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - sound/voice",
"*autou*": "personal pronoun, genitive, neuter - its/his",
"*akoueis*": "present, 2nd singular - you hear",
"*oidas*": "perfect, 2nd singular - you know",
"*pothen*": "adverb - from where/whence",
"*erchetai*": "present, middle/passive, 3rd singular - comes/goes",
"*hypagei*": "present, 3rd singular - goes/departs",
"*estin*": "present, 3rd singular - is",
"*pas*": "adjective, nominative, masculine, singular - everyone/all",
"*gegennēmenos*": "perfect, passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having been born",
"*ek*": "preposition + genitive - from/out of",
"*tou Pneumatos*": "genitive, neuter, singular - of the Spirit"
},
"variants": {
"*pneuma*": "wind/spirit/breath [deliberate wordplay]",
"*phōnēn*": "sound/voice/noise",
"*pnei*": "blows/breathes [same root as pneuma]",
"*hypagei*": "goes/departs/disappears"
}
}