9"How can this be?" Nicodemus asked.


In Context

6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.

7 You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.'

8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit."

9 "How can this be?" Nicodemus asked.

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

11 I tell you the truth, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony.

John 3:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Nicodemus answered, and said to him: How can these things be done?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9Nicodemus answered him, |How can these things be?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9Nicodemus answered and said to him, 'How are these things able to happen?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be?