Scripture: John 3

John
Chapter: 3

Chapter:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Scroll to:

Video

305

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

JOHN 3:1

6 of 36

The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

JOHN 3:2

7 of 36

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

JOHN 3:3

8 of 36

Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

JOHN 3:4

9 of 36

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

JOHN 3:5

10 of 36

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

JOHN 3:6

11 of 36

Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

JOHN 3:7

12 of 36

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

JOHN 3:8

13 of 36

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

JOHN 3:9

14 of 36

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

JOHN 3:10

15 of 36

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

JOHN 3:11

16 of 36

If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

JOHN 3:12

17 of 36

And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

JOHN 3:13

18 of 36

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

JOHN 3:14

19 of 36

That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

JOHN 3:15

20 of 36

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

JOHN 3:16

21 of 36

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

JOHN 3:17

22 of 36

He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

JOHN 3:18

23 of 36

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

JOHN 3:19

24 of 36

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

JOHN 3:20

25 of 36

But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

JOHN 3:21

26 of 36

After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.

JOHN 3:22

27 of 36

And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

JOHN 3:23

28 of 36

For John was not yet cast into prison.

JOHN 3:24

29 of 36

Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.

JOHN 3:25

30 of 36

And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.

JOHN 3:26

31 of 36

John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

JOHN 3:27

32 of 36

Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.

JOHN 3:28

33 of 36

He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

JOHN 3:29

34 of 36

He must increase, but I must decrease.

JOHN 3:30

35 of 36

He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.

JOHN 3:31

36 of 36

And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.

JOHN 3:32

37 of 36

He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.

JOHN 3:33

38 of 36

For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

JOHN 3:34

39 of 36

The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

JOHN 3:35

40 of 36

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

JOHN 3:36

41 of 36

Chapter:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

John 3
CHURCH FATHERS: 17

1. Clement of Rome | CHURCH FATHER 97 AD

W Pope_Clement_I

John was APPROVED (75%) by Clement of Rome
(Citation; approving quotation; alluded to; acceptable with changes)

2. Ignatius of Antioch | CHURCH FATHER 110 AD

W Ignatius_of_Antioch

John was REJECTED (0%) by Ignatius of Antioch
(No mention; no quotes; opinion unknown)

3. Barnabas | CHURCH FATHER 130 AD

W Barnabas

John was REJECTED (0%) by Barnabas
(No mention; no quotes; opinion unknown)

4. Hermas | CHURCH FATHER 140 AD

W Hermas_(freedman)

John was REJECTED (0%) by Hermas
(No mention; no quotes; opinion unknown)

5. Papias of Hierapolis | CHURCH FATHER 140 AD

W Papias_of_Hierapolis

John was APPROVED (75%) by Papias of Hierapolis
(Citation; approving quotation; alluded to; acceptable with changes)

6. Polycarp | CHURCH FATHER 150 AD

W Polycarp

John was APPROVED (75%) by Polycarp
(Citation; approving quotation; alluded to; acceptable with changes)

7. Didache | CHURCH FATHER 150 AD

W Didache

John was REJECTED (0%) by Didache
(No mention; no quotes; opinion unknown)

8. Diognetus | CHURCH FATHER 150 AD

W Epistle_to_Diognetus

John was REJECTED (0%) by Diognetus
(No mention; no quotes; opinion unknown)

9. Justin Martyr | CHURCH FATHER 155 AD

W Justin_Martyr

John was FULLY ACCEPTED (100%) by Justin Martyr
(Fully accepted; true scripture; quoted approvingly)

10. Irenaeous | CHURCH FATHER 202 AD

W Irenaeus

John was FULLY ACCEPTED (100%) by Irenaeous
(Fully accepted; true scripture; quoted approvingly)

11. Clement of Alexandria | CHURCH FATHER 215 AD

W Clement_of_Alexandria

John was APPROVED (75%) by Clement of Alexandria
(Citation; approving quotation; alluded to; acceptable with changes)

12. Tertullian | CHURCH FATHER 220 AD

W Tertullian

John was APPROVED (75%) by Tertullian
(Citation; approving quotation; alluded to; acceptable with changes)

13. Origen | CHURCH FATHER 254 AD

W Origen

John was APPROVED (75%) by Origen
(Citation; approving quotation; alluded to; acceptable with changes)

14. Eusebius of Caesarea | CHURCH FATHER 340 AD

W Eusebius

John was FULLY ACCEPTED (100%) by Eusebius of Caesarea
(Fully accepted; true scripture; quoted approvingly)

15. Athanasius of Alexandria | CHURCH FATHER 367 AD

W Athanasius_of_Alexandria

John was FULLY ACCEPTED (100%) by Athanasius of Alexandria
(Fully accepted; true scripture; quoted approvingly)

16. Cyril of Jerusalem | CHURCH FATHER 386 AD

W Cyril_of_Jerusalem

John was FULLY ACCEPTED (100%) by Cyril of Jerusalem
(Fully accepted; true scripture; quoted approvingly)

17. Augustine of Hippo | CHURCH FATHER 400 AD

W Augustine of Hippo

John was FULLY ACCEPTED (100%) by Augustine of Hippo
(Fully accepted; true scripture; quoted approvingly)

John 3
BIBLE CANON: 5

A biblical canon is a set of texts (or "books") which a particular religious community regards as authoritative scripture. Christians were the first to use the term in reference to scripture.

These bible canons have developed through debate and agreement by the religious authorities.

W Biblical_canon

1. Marcion Canon | BIBLE CANON 140 AD
Marcionism was a religious movement based on the teachings of the 2nd-century Marcion of Sinope. Marcions Canon lists 14 books out of the 27 books in the New Testament. More specifically, these were Luke and Paul's 13 writings. Marcion even rejected the entire Old Testament of 39 books.

bible.ca/marcion

W Marcion_of_Sinope

John was REJECTED (0%) by Marcion Canon
(No mention; no quotes; opinion unknown)

2. Muratorian Canon | BIBLE CANON 170 AD
The Muratorian Canon is an ancient list of New Testament books - the oldest such list we have found and lists 22 of the 27 books that were later included in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.

It is noteworthy that the Muratorian Canon omits several epistles that later did win acceptance in the Christian New Testament such as the books of James and 2 Peter.

gotquestions.org/muratorian

W Muratorian_fragment

John was FULLY ACCEPTED (100%) by Muratorian Canon
(Fully accepted; true scripture; quoted approvingly)

3. Apostolic Canon | BIBLE CANON 300 AD
Apostolic Canons or Ecclesiastical Canons

W Canons_of_the_Apostles

John was FULLY ACCEPTED (100%) by Apostolic Canon
(Fully accepted; true scripture; quoted approvingly)

4. Cheltenham/ Mommsen List | BIBLE CANON 360 AD
The Cheltenham or Mommsen List is a Latin manuscript discovered by the German classical scholar Theodor Mommsen (published 1886) which probably originated in North Africa in the 4th century.

It has 24-book Old Testament and 24-book New Testament which omits Jude and James, and perhaps Hebrews, and questions the epistles of John and Peter.

bible-researcher.com/cheltenham

W Theodor_Mommsen

John was FULLY ACCEPTED (100%) by Cheltenham/ Mommsen List
(Fully accepted; true scripture; quoted approvingly)

5. Council of Rome | BIBLE CANON 382 AD
The Council of Rome was a meeting of Catholic Church officials and theologians which took place in 382 under the authority of Pope Damasus I, bishop of Rome.

According to a document appended to some manuscripts, the Council of Rome affirmed the authority of the Old and New Testament canon in a decretal or damasine list.

W Council_of_Rome

John was FULLY ACCEPTED (100%) by Council of Rome
(Fully accepted; true scripture; quoted approvingly)

John 3
TEXTUAL CRITICISM

It is impossible to think that Jesus spent his short ministry teaching in two such completely different ways, conveying such different contents, and there were simply two traditions, each going back to Jesus, one transmitting 50% of what he said and another one the other 50%, with almost no overlaps. Consequently, for the last 150 or so years scholars have had to choose.

They have almost unanimously, and I think entirely correctly, concluded that the teaching of the historical Jesus is to be sought in the synoptic gospels and that [Gospel of] John represents an advanced theological development, in which meditations on the person and work of Christ are presented in the first person, as if Jesus said them.

E.P. Sanders, The Historical Figure Of Jesus, 1993, Penguin Books, pp. 70-71

John 3
VIDEO: 305

1:08:17

Solomon, Elijah, Elisha, Ezekiel, Zechariah and John - 2/2

3456 views · 1 day ago | 9 years ago
1 of 305

48:36

	Are you a Muslim? 3 mins \| Online Test
	Gods - 60 Pagan deities in the Bible 25115 views · 4 mins ago
	Codex Sinaiticus & Vaticanus - Corruption in the KJV Bible books 13541 views · 6 mins ago
	Council of Nicaea 325 AD 8488 views · 8 mins ago
	Women in Religion 9236 views · 8 mins ago
	Church Fathers on Jesus Divinity 9824 views · 9 mins ago

	Torah 5 BOOKS
	Psalms 1 BOOK
	Old Testament 32 BOOKS
	New Testament 27 BOOKS
	Apocrypha 1885 14 BOOKS
	Gospels/Texts 367 BOOKS
	Codex 120 BOOKS
	Quran 1 BOOK
	Hadith 10 BOOKS

John 3

Scripture

ChurchFathers

BibleCanons

TextualCriticism

Video

Scriptures

World Religions

PROPHETS (44)

ARTICLES

SCRIPTURE

NEWS

Church
Fathers

Bible
Canons

Textual
Criticism