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11 aHe came to His1 own, and His own did not receive Him.  
12 But aas many as received Him, to them He gave the1 right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:  
13 awho were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.  

The Word Becomes Flesh

14 aAnd the Word bbecame cflesh and dwelt among us, and dwe beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, efull of grace and truth.  
15 aJohn bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, b‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, cfor He was before me.’ ”  
16 And of His afullness we have all received, and grace for grace.  
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John 1:13

Which were born (oi egennhqhsan). First aorist passive indicative of gennaw, to beget, "who were begotten." By spiritual generation (of God, ek qeou), not by physical (ec aimatwn, plural as common in classics and O.T., though why it is not clear unless blood of both father and mother; ek qelhmatov sarkov, from sexual desire; ek qelhmatov androv, from the will of the male). But b of the old Latin reads qui natus est and makes it refer to Christ and so expressly teach the Virgin Birth of Jesus. Likewise Irenaeus reads qui natus est as does Tertullian who argues that qui nati sunt (oi egennhqhsan) is an invention of the Valentinian Gnostics. Blass (Philology of the Gospels, p. 234) opposes this reading, but all the old Greek uncials read oi egennhqhsan and it must be accepted. The Virgin Birth is doubtless implied in verse John 1:14, but it is not stated in verse John 1:13.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 1:13:

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John 1:13
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