 | 1899 - 272 pagini
...you that you all need to be born over again. The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the 8 sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from, or where it goes ; and it is the same with every one that owes his birth to the Spirit." " How can that be?" asked Nicodemus.... | |
 | William Gay Ballantine - 1928 - 468 pagini
...is spirit. Do not wonder that I said, ' You must be born from above.' The wind blows where it will, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes. So is every one who is born of the Spirit." Nicodemus answered... | |
 | Archibald Macbride Hunter - 1965 - 220 pagini
...astonished, then, when I tell you that you must be born over again. The wind blows where it wills; you hear the » sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from, or where it is going. So with everyone who is born from spirit.' 9.10 Nicodemus replied, 'How is this possible?'... | |
 | Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer - 1971 - 604 pagini
...the way of the Spirit (as Jesus told Nicodemus) is the way of the wind, which "blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes; so it is with every one who is born of the Spirit" (John 3:8) .... | |
 | Ralph Daniel Heim - 1947 - 228 pagini
...spirit.* T Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born anew.' 8The wind' blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes; so it is with every one who is born of the Spirit." * Nicodemus... | |
 | G. C. Berkouwer - 1976 - 444 pagini
...of the Spirit applies also to the Church: the Spirit is like the wind, which "blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes" (John 3:8). This statement has sometimes been used as the locus... | |
 | C. K. Barrett - 1978 - 664 pagini
...meanings properly belonging to one word. We may translate either : The wind blows 210 where it wills and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes and whither it goes; or, The Spirit breathes where he wills and you hear his voice,... | |
 | Richard F. Lovelace - 1979 - 460 pagini
...effect of the Holy Spirit's moving, as the trees are moved by the wind: "The wind blows where it wills and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes; so it is with every one who is born of the Spirit" (Jn. 3: 8).... | |
 | Tilden Edwards - 1980 - 276 pagini
...which in Christian terms is called the Holy Spirit: a very free Force. "The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. That is how it is with all who are born of the Spirit" (Jn. 3:7-8). Thus we are dealing with... | |
 | Carroll Stuhlmueller - 1980 - 256 pagini
...rebirth or conversion-experience, still we must be open to surprises. "The wind blows where it will You do not know where it comes from or where it goes." To be ready for colossal surprises and heroic transitions, the spirit will form within us that special... | |
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The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit. 
