Study it in the app“The wind blows where it wants, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from and where it goes. So it is with everyone who has been born of the Spirit.””
The windτὸ πνεῦμαblowsπνεῖwhereὅπουit wants,θέλειandκαὶyou hearἀκούειςits sound,τὴν φωνὴν αὐτοῦbutἀλλ’you do notοὐκknowοἶδαςwhereπόθενit comes fromἔρχεταιandκαὶwhereποῦit goes.ὑπάγειSoοὕτωςit isἐστὶνwith everyoneπᾶςwhoὁhas been bornγεγεννημένοςofἐκthe Spirit.”τοῦ πνεύματος
wind
Air moving with force.
Where else “pneuma” appearsblow
Blow.
Where else “pnei” appearswhere
Where, wherever.
Where else “hopou” appearswant
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “thelei” appearshear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “akoueis” appearssound
What is heard, like a trumpet or wind.
Where else “phōnēn” appearsknow
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oidas” appearsfrom where?
From where? where from?
Where else “pothen” appearscome
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “erchetai” appearswhere?
Where?
Where else “pou” appearsgo away
Go away, leave; "go!".
Where else “hypagei” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearsbe begotten
Giving life as God does: becoming God's children.
Where else “gegennēmenos” appearsIn Greek the same word (pneuma) means “wind” and “spirit”; Jesus plays on both senses.
7Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must be born from above.’
8 · This verse (above)
9Nicodemus answered and said to him, “How can these things be?”
1. What it says
What does Jesus answer Nicodemus when he visits at night and says God is with him? (vv. 1-8)
2. What it means
Verse 16 says God loved the world and gave his Son. What does the text say God wants for the world? (vv. 16-17)
3. How I live it
Jesus speaks of those who come to the light and those who prefer darkness (vv. 19-21). What helps you live with more clarity and truth?
