John 3:10 - Forerunner Commentary

John 3:10

8 ^aThe wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

9 Nicodemus answered and said to Him, ^a“How can these things be?”

10 Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things?

11 ^aMost assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and ^byou do not receive Our witness.

12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

13 ^aNo one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man¹ who is in heaven.

14 ^aAnd as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so ^bmust the Son of Man be lifted up,

15 that whoever ^abelieves in Him should not perish but ^bhave eternal life.

16 ^aFor God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten ^bSon, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

17 ^aFor God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

18 ^a“He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

19 And this is the condemnation, ^athat the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Verse Comparison: John 3:10

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American Standard Version
Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things?

Amplified® Bible
Jesus replied, Are you the teacher of Israel, and yet do not know {nor} understand these things? [Are they strange to you?]

Contemporary English Version
Jesus replied: How can you be a teacher of Israel and not know these things?

Darby English Version
Jesus answered and said to him, Thou art the teacher of Israel and knowest not these things!

Good News Bible
Jesus answered, "You are a great teacher in Israel, and you don't know this?

International Standard Version
Jesus answered him, "You're the teacher of Israel, and you can't understand this?

King James Version
Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

New American Standard Bible
Jesus answered and said to him, "Are you the teacher of Israel and do not understand these things?

New International Version
"You are Israel's teacher," said Jesus, "and do you not understand these things?

New King James Version
Jesus answered and said to him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Jesus answered and said to him, "Have you served as the teacher of Israel and do not understand these things?

Young's Literal Translation
Jesus answered and said to him, `Thou art the teacher of Israel -- and these things thou dost not know!

New English Translation
Jesus answered,¹ “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don’t understand these things?²

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