Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of John
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:1 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:1 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:1 JFB -> Commentary on 3:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:1 PNT -> Commentary on 3:1 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:1 TFG -> Commentary on 3:1 TSK -> Commentary on 3:1 TSK -> Entry for 3:1 WEN -> Notes on 3:1 NTB -> Cowardice; Jesus, The Christ; Nicodemus; Pharisees TTT -> Pharisees, The EBD -> Nicodemus SBD -> Nicodemus WJD -> Devotional using 3:1 WJD -> Devotional using 3:1 3:1 - [In Context] There was a man named Nicodemus. Nicodemus was one of the Pharisees. F45 He was an important Jewish leader.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:2 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:2 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:2 JFB -> Commentary on 3:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:2 PNT -> Commentary on 3:2 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:2 TFG -> Commentary on 3:2 TSK -> Commentary on 3:2 TSK -> Entry for 3:2 WEN -> Notes on 3:2 NTB -> Cowardice; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Miracles; Nicodemus; Opinion, Public; Rabbi; Sign TTT -> Christ, the Prophet; Miracles EBD -> Nicodemus; Rabbi SBD -> Rabbi WJD -> Devotional using 3:2 WJD -> Devotional using 3:2 3:2 - [In Context] One night Nicodemus came to Jesus. Nicodemus said, "Teacher, we know that you are a teacher sent from God. No person can do these miracles F46 that you do without God's help."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:3 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:3 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:3 JFB -> Commentary on 3:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:3 PNT -> Commentary on 3:3 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:3 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:3 TFG -> Commentary on 3:3 TSK -> Commentary on 3:3 TSK -> Entry for 3:3 WEN -> Notes on 3:3 NTB -> Heart; Jesus, The Christ; Life; Man; Nicodemus; Regeneration; Salvation TTT -> Baptism; Life, Spiritual; New Birth, The; Salvation EBD -> Birth; John, First Epistle of; Nicodemus; Regeneration; Sin UTM -> Devotional using 3:3 TV -> Devotional using 3:3 WJD -> Devotional using 3:3 TV -> Devotional using 3:3 WJD -> Devotional using 3:3 3:3 - [In Context] Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth. A person must be born again. If a person is not born again, then that person cannot be in God's kingdom."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:4 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:4 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:4 JFB -> Commentary on 3:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:4 PNT -> Commentary on 3:4 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:4 TFG -> Commentary on 3:4 TSK -> Commentary on 3:4 TSK -> Entry for 3:4 WEN -> Notes on 3:4 NTB -> Blindness; Jesus, The Christ; Life; Man; Nicodemus; Regeneration; Salvation TTT -> Life, Spiritual; New Birth, The EBD -> Birth; Nicodemus; Sin WJD -> Devotional using 3:4 WJD -> Devotional using 3:4 3:4 - [In Context] Nicodemus said, "But if a person is already old, how can he be born again? A person cannot enter his mother's body again! So a person cannot be born a second time!"
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:5 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:5 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:5 JFB -> Commentary on 3:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:5 PNT -> Commentary on 3:5 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:5 TFG -> Commentary on 3:5 TSK -> Commentary on 3:5 TSK -> Entry for 3:5 WEN -> Notes on 3:5 NTB -> Baptism; Holy Spirit; Jesus, The Christ; Life; Man; Nicodemus; Regeneration; Salvation; Symbols And Similitudes TTT -> Baptism; Baptism with the Holy Spirit; Emblems of the Holy Spirit, The; Holy Spirit, The, is God; Life, Spiritual EBD -> Birth; John, First Epistle of; Nicodemus; Regeneration TV -> Devotional using 3:5 WJD -> Devotional using 3:5 TV -> Devotional using 3:5 WJD -> Devotional using 3:5 TV -> Devotional using 3:5 3:5 - [In Context] But Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth. A person must be born from water and the Spirit. F47 If a person is not born from water and the Spirit, then he cannot enter God's kingdom.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:6 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:6 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:6 JFB -> Commentary on 3:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:6 PNT -> Commentary on 3:6 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:6 TFG -> Commentary on 3:6 TSK -> Commentary on 3:6 TSK -> Entry for 3:6 WEN -> Notes on 3:6 NTB -> Heredity; Holy Spirit; Jesus, The Christ; Life; Man; Nicodemus; Regeneration; Salvation TTT -> Fall of Man, The; Holy Spirit, The, is God; Life, Spiritual; New Birth, The; Titles and Names of the Holy Spirit EBD -> Birth; Nicodemus WJD -> Devotional using 3:6 WJD -> Devotional using 3:6 3:6 - [In Context] A person's body is born from his human parents. But a person's spiritual life is born from the Spirit.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:7 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:7 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:7 JFB -> Commentary on 3:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:7 PNT -> Commentary on 3:7 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:7 TFG -> Commentary on 3:7 TSK -> Commentary on 3:7 TSK -> Entry for 3:7 WEN -> Notes on 3:7 NTB -> Blindness; Heart; Heredity; Jesus, The Christ; Life; Man; Nicodemus; Regeneration; Salvation; Unbelief TTT -> Life, Spiritual EBD -> Birth; Fall of man; Nicodemus UTM -> Devotional using 3:7 SPG -> Devotional using 3:7 WJD -> Devotional using 3:7 WJD -> Devotional using 3:7 3:7 - [In Context] Don't be surprised that I told you, 'You must be born again.'
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:8 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:8 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:8 JFB -> Commentary on 3:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:8 PNT -> Commentary on 3:8 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:8 TFG -> Commentary on 3:8 TSK -> Commentary on 3:8 TSK -> Entry for 3:8 WEN -> Notes on 3:8 NTB -> Jesus, The Christ; Life; Man; Meteorology And Celestial Phenomena; Mysteries; Nicodemus; Regeneration; Salvation; Symbols And Similitudes; Wind TTT -> Emblems of the Holy Spirit, The; Life, Spiritual; New Birth, The; Wind, The EBD -> Birth; Nicodemus WJD -> Devotional using 3:8 WJD -> Devotional using 3:8 3:8 - [In Context] The wind blows where it wants to go. You hear the wind blow. But you don't know where the wind comes from or where the wind is going. It is the same with every person that is born from the Spirit."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:9 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:9 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:9 JFB -> Commentary on 3:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:9 PNT -> Commentary on 3:9 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:9 TSK -> Commentary on 3:9 TSK -> Entry for 3:9 WEN -> Notes on 3:9 NTB -> Blindness; Jesus, The Christ; Life; Mysteries; Nicodemus; Salvation EBD -> Nicodemus WJD -> Devotional using 3:9 WJD -> Devotional using 3:9 3:9 - [In Context] Nicodemus asked, "How can all this be possible?"
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:10 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:10 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:10 JFB -> Commentary on 3:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:10 PNT -> Commentary on 3:10 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:10 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:10 TFG -> Commentary on 3:10 TSK -> Commentary on 3:10 TSK -> Entry for 3:10 WEN -> Notes on 3:10 NTB -> Blindness; Jesus, The Christ; Life; Minister, Christian; Mysteries; Nicodemus; Salvation; Scriptures TTT -> Ignorance of God EBD -> Nicodemus SBD -> Nicodemus WJD -> Devotional using 3:10 WJD -> Devotional using 3:10 3:10 - [In Context] Jesus said, "You are an important teacher of Israel (the Jews). But you still don't understand these things?
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:11 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:11 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:11 JFB -> Commentary on 3:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:11 PNT -> Commentary on 3:11 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:11 TFG -> Commentary on 3:11 TSK -> Commentary on 3:11 TSK -> Entry for 3:11 WEN -> Notes on 3:11 NTB -> Blindness; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Life; Mysteries; Salvation; Unbelief EBD -> Nicodemus WJD -> Devotional using 3:11 WJD -> Devotional using 3:11 3:11 - [In Context] I tell you the truth. We talk about what we know. We tell about what we have seen. But you people don't accept what we tell you.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:12 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:12 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:12 JFB -> Commentary on 3:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:12 PNT -> Commentary on 3:12 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:12 TFG -> Commentary on 3:12 TSK -> Commentary on 3:12 TSK -> Entry for 3:12 WEN -> Notes on 3:12 NTB -> Blindness; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Life; Mysteries; Salvation; Unbelief EBD -> Cain; Nicodemus WJD -> Devotional using 3:12 WJD -> Devotional using 3:12 3:12 - [In Context] I have told you about things here on earth. But you do not believe me. So surely you will not believe me if I tell you about the things of heaven!
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:13 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:13 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:13 JFB -> Commentary on 3:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:13 PNT -> Commentary on 3:13 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:13 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:13 TFG -> Commentary on 3:13 TSK -> Commentary on 3:13 TSK -> Entry for 3:13 WEN -> Notes on 3:13 NTB -> Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Life TTT -> Christ is God; Christ, the Prophet EBD -> Nicodemus SPG -> Devotional using 3:13 WJD -> Devotional using 3:13 WJD -> Devotional using 3:13 3:13 - [In Context] The only one that has ever gone up to heaven is the One that came down from heaven--the Son of Man. F48
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:14 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:14 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:14 JFB -> Commentary on 3:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:14 PNT -> Commentary on 3:14 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:14 TFG -> Commentary on 3:14 TSK -> Commentary on 3:14 TSK -> Entry for 3:14 WEN -> Notes on 3:14 NTB -> Brazen Serpent; Faith; Immortality; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Life; Salvation; Symbols And Similitudes; Types TTT -> Anger of God, The; Death of Christ, The; Salvation; Serpents; Types of Christ EBD -> Brass; Call; John, First Epistle of; Nicodemus; Pentateuch; Serpent, Fiery SBD -> Serpent WJD -> Devotional using 3:14 WJD -> Devotional using 3:14 3:14 - [In Context] "Moses lifted up the snake in the desert. F49 It is the same with the Son of Man. The Son of Man must be lifted up too.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:15 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:15 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:15 JFB -> Commentary on 3:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:15 PNT -> Commentary on 3:15 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:15 TFG -> Commentary on 3:15 TSK -> Commentary on 3:15 TSK -> Entry for 3:15 WEN -> Notes on 3:15 NTB -> Brazen Serpent; Faith; Immortality; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Life; Righteous; Salvation; Types; Wicked (People) TTT -> Anger of God, The; Faith; Life, Eternal; Salvation; Serpents; Types of Christ EBD -> Brass; Call; Life; Nicodemus; Serpent, Fiery SBD -> Serpent WJD -> Devotional using 3:15 WJD -> Devotional using 3:15 3:15 - [In Context] Then every person that believes in the Son of Man can have life forever."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:16 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:16 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:16 JFB -> Commentary on 3:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:16 PNT -> Commentary on 3:16 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:16 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:16 TFG -> Commentary on 3:16 TSK -> Commentary on 3:16 TSK -> Entry for 3:16 WEN -> Notes on 3:16 NTB -> Condescension Of God; Faith; Gifts From God; God (continued); Immortality; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Life; Righteous; Salvation; Wicked (People) TTT -> Anger of God, The; Christ is God; Compassion and Sympathy of Christ, The; Death, Eternal; Faith; Fall of Man, The; Gifts of God, The; Life, Eternal; Love of God, The; Redemption; Salvation EBD -> Atonement; Call; Faith; Life; Nicodemus UTM -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 WJD -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 WJD -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 TV -> Devotional using 3:16 3:16 - [In Context] Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son. God gave his Son so that every person that believes in him would not be lost, but have life forever.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:17 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:17 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:17 JFB -> Commentary on 3:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:17 PNT -> Commentary on 3:17 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:17 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:17 TFG -> Commentary on 3:17 TSK -> Commentary on 3:17 TSK -> Entry for 3:17 WEN -> Notes on 3:17 NTB -> God (continued); Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Righteous; Salvation; Wicked (People) TTT -> Anger of God, The; Salvation EBD -> Alms; Call; Faith; Life; Nicodemus TV -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 WJD -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 WJD -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 TV -> Devotional using 3:17 3:17 - [In Context] God sent his Son into the world. God did not send his Son to judge the world guilty. God sent his Son so that the world could be saved through his Son.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:18 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:18 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:18 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:18 JFB -> Commentary on 3:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:18 PNT -> Commentary on 3:18 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:18 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:18 TFG -> Commentary on 3:18 TSK -> Commentary on 3:18 TSK -> Entry for 3:18 WEN -> Notes on 3:18 NTB -> Faith; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Responsibility; Righteous; Salvation; Unbelief; Wicked (People) TTT -> Anger of God, The; Christ is God; Condemnation; Unbelief EBD -> Call; Faith; Life; Nicodemus WJD -> Devotional using 3:18 WJD -> Devotional using 3:18 3:18 - [In Context] The person that believes in God's Son is not judged (condemned). But the person that does not believe is already judged. Why? Because that person has not believed in God's only Son.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:19 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:19 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:19 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:19 JFB -> Commentary on 3:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:19 PNT -> Commentary on 3:19 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:19 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:19 TFG -> Commentary on 3:19 TSK -> Commentary on 3:19 TSK -> Entry for 3:19 WEN -> Notes on 3:19 NTB -> Blindness; Darkness; Depravity Of Man; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Judgment; Light; Responsibility; Sin; Wicked (People) TTT -> Blindness, Spiritual; Condemnation; Darkness; Fall of Man, The EBD -> Call; Faith; Judgment, The final; Nicodemus SBD -> Darkness WJD -> Devotional using 3:19 3:19 - [In Context] People are judged by this fact: The Light (goodness) has come into the world. But people did not want light. They wanted darkness (sin). Why? Because they were doing evil things.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:20 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:20 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:20 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:20 JFB -> Commentary on 3:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:20 PNT -> Commentary on 3:20 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:20 TSK -> Commentary on 3:20 TSK -> Entry for 3:20 WEN -> Notes on 3:20 NTB -> Blindness; Character; Darkness; Jesus, The Christ; Judgment; Light; Sin; Wicked (People); Word Of God TTT -> Blindness, Spiritual; Character of the Wicked; Light EBD -> Faith; Nicodemus TV -> Devotional using 3:20 TV -> Devotional using 3:20 TV -> Devotional using 3:20 WJD -> Devotional using 3:20 TV -> Devotional using 3:20 TV -> Devotional using 3:20 3:20 - [In Context] Every person that does evil hates the light. That person will not come to the light. Why? Because then the light will show all the bad things he has done.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:21 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:21 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:21 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:21 JFB -> Commentary on 3:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:21 PNT -> Commentary on 3:21 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:21 TSK -> Commentary on 3:21 TSK -> Entry for 3:21 WEN -> Notes on 3:21 NTB -> Darkness; Jesus, The Christ; Light; Righteous; Righteousness; Works TTT -> Light; Works, Good EBD -> Faith; Nicodemus TV -> Devotional using 3:21 TV -> Devotional using 3:21 TV -> Devotional using 3:21 WJD -> Devotional using 3:21 TV -> Devotional using 3:21 TV -> Devotional using 3:21 3:21 - [In Context] But the person that follows the true way comes to the light. Then the light will show that the things that person has done were done through God. F50
FOOTNOTES: F45: Pharisees   The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that claimed to follow carefully all Jewish laws and customs. F46: miracle(s)   Miracles are amazing works done by God's power. F47: Spirit, Holy Spirit   Also called the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ, and the Comforter. Joined with God and Christ, he does God's work among people in the world. F48: Son of Man   A name Jesus used for himself. In Dan. 7:13-14, this is the name for the Messiah, the one God chose to save his people. F49: Moses lifted … desert   When God's people were dying from snake bites, God told Moses to put a brass snake on a pole for them to look at and be healed. Read Num. 21:4-9. F50: Verses 16-21   Some scholars think verses 16-21 are Jesus' words. Others think John wrote them.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; WJD - What Jesus Did!; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; UTM - My Utmost for His Highest; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.