John 3:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

this one came unto him by night, and said to him, `Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come -- a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.'

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  • Acts 2:22 : 22 `Men, Israelites! hear these words, Jesus the Nazarene, a man approved of God among you by mighty works, and wonders, and signs, that God did through him in the midst of you, according as also ye yourselves have known;
  • Acts 10:38 : 38 Jesus who `is' from Nazareth -- how God did anoint him with the Holy Spirit and power; who went through, doing good, and healing all those oppressed by the devil, because God was with him;
  • Matt 22:16 : 16 and they send to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, `Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and the way of God in truth thou dost teach, and thou art not caring for any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men;
  • John 1:38 : 38 And Jesus having turned, and having beheld them following, saith to them, `What seek ye?' and they said to them, `Rabbi, (which is, being interpreted, Teacher,) where remainest thou?'
  • John 3:26 : 26 and they came unto John, and said to him, `Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.'
  • John 5:36 : 36 `But I have the testimony greater than John's, for the works that the Father gave me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning me, that the Father hath sent me.
  • John 9:16 : 16 Of the Pharisees, therefore, certain said, `This man is not from God, because the sabbath he doth not keep;' others said, `How is a man -- a sinful one -- able to do such signs?' and there was a division among them.
  • John 9:30-33 : 30 The man answered and said to them, `Why, in this is a wonderful thing, that ye have not known whence he is, and he opened my eyes! 31 and we have known that God doth not hear sinners, but, if any one may be a worshipper of God, and may do His will, him He doth hear; 32 from the age it was not heard, that any one did open eyes of one who hath been born blind; 33 if this one were not from God, he were not able to do anything.'
  • John 11:47-48 : 47 the chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees, gathered together a sanhedrim, and said, `What may we do? because this man doth many signs? 48 if we may let him alone thus, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away both our place and nation.'
  • John 12:37 : 37 yet he having done so many signs before them, they were not believing in him,
  • John 12:42-43 : 42 Still, however, also out of the rulers did many believe in him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing, that they might not be put out of the synagogue, 43 for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.
  • John 15:24 : 24 if I did not do among them the works that no other hath done, they were not having sin, and now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father;
  • John 19:38-39 : 38 And after these things did Joseph of Arimathea -- being a disciple of Jesus, but concealed, through the fear of the Jews -- ask of Pilate, that he may take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave leave; he came, therefore, and took away the body of Jesus, 39 and Nicodemus also came -- who came unto Jesus by night at the first -- bearing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, as it were, a hundred pounds.
  • John 20:16 : 16 Jesus saith to her, `Mary!' having turned, she saith to him, `Rabbouni;' that is to say, `Teacher.'
  • John 7:31 : 31 and many out of the multitude did believe in him, and said -- `The Christ -- when he may come -- will he do more signs than these that this one did?'
  • John 7:50-51 : 50 Nicodemus saith unto them -- he who came by night unto him -- being one of them, 51 `Doth our law judge the man, if it may not hear from him first, and know what he doth?'
  • Mark 12:14 : 14 and they having come, say to him, `Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and thou art not caring for any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men, but in truth the way of God dost teach; is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not? may we give, or may we not give?'
  • Judg 6:27 : 27 And Gideon taketh ten men of his servants, and doth as Jehovah hath spoken unto him, and it cometh to pass, because he hath been afraid of the house of his father, and the men of the city, to do `it' by day, that he doth `it' by night.
  • Isa 51:7 : 7 Hearken unto Me, ye who know righteousness, A people, in whose heart `is' My law, Fear ye not the reproach of men, And for their reviling be not affrighted,
  • Phil 1:14 : 14 and the greater part of the brethren in the Lord, having confidence by my bonds, are more abundantly bold -- fearlessly to speak the word.
  • Acts 4:16-17 : 16 saying, `What shall we do to these men? because that, indeed, a notable sign hath been done through them, to all those dwelling in Jerusalem `is' manifest, and we are not able to deny `it'; 17 but that it may spread no further toward the people, let us strictly threaten them no more to speak in this name to any man.'

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  • 1 And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews,

  • 50 Nicodemus saith unto them -- he who came by night unto him -- being one of them,

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    3 Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'

    4 Nicodemus saith unto him, `How is a man able to be born, being old? is he able into the womb of his mother a second time to enter, and to be born?'

    5 Jesus answered, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign of God;

    6 that which hath been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which hath been born of the Spirit is spirit.

    7 `Thou mayest not wonder that I said to thee, It behoveth you to be born from above;

    8 the Spirit where he willeth doth blow, and his voice thou dost hear, but thou hast not known whence he cometh, and whither he goeth; thus is every one who hath been born of the Spirit.'

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

    10 Jesus answered and said to him, `Thou art the teacher of Israel -- and these things thou dost not know!

    11 `Verily, verily, I say to thee -- What we have known we speak, and what we have seen we testify, and our testimony ye do not receive;

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    13 and no one hath gone up to the heaven, except he who out of the heaven came down -- the Son of Man who is in the heaven.

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    26 and they came unto John, and said to him, `Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.'

    27 John answered and said, `A man is not able to receive anything, if it may not have been given him from the heaven;

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    29 we have known that God hath spoken to Moses, but this one -- we have not known whence he is.'

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    50 Jesus answered and said to him, `Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, thou dost believe; greater things than these thou shalt see;'

    51 and he saith to him, `Verily, verily, I say to you, henceforth ye shall see the heaven opened, and the messengers of God going up and coming down upon the Son of Man.'

  • 48 Jesus then said unto him, `If signs and wonders ye may not see, ye will not believe.'

  • John 3:21-22
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    21 but he who is doing the truth doth come to the light, that his works may be manifested, that in God they are having been wrought.'

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    36 he answered and said, `Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?'

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    27 but this one -- we have known whence he is; and the Christ, when he doth come, no one doth know whence he is.'

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  • 41 and many came unto him, and said -- `John, indeed, did no sign, and all things, as many as John said about this one were true;'

  • 13 The Pharisees, therefore, said to him, `Thou of thyself dost testify, thy testimony is not true;'

  • 30 They said therefore to him, `What sign, then, dost thou, that we may see and may believe thee? what dost thou work?

  • 31 and many out of the multitude did believe in him, and said -- `The Christ -- when he may come -- will he do more signs than these that this one did?'

  • 4 it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: --

  • 6 There came a man -- having been sent from God -- whose name `is' John,

  • 42 and they said, `Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have known? how then saith this one -- Out of the heaven I have come down?'

  • 39 He saith to them, `Come and see;' they came, and saw where he doth remain, and with him they remained that day and the hour was about the tenth.

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