- Jesus answered and said to him, verily, verily, I say unto the, except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.
- Nicodemus saith on them, how can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the 2nd time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
- Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto the, except a man be born of water and Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God.
What do we know about Nicodemus? We do know he was a ruler of the Jews, a Pharisee and possibly very wealthy. Nicodemus went with Joseph of Arimathea to embalm the body of Jesus after the crucifixion. He brought about 100 pounds of costly spices that only a wealthy person could afford. As a ruler of the Jews meant that he was one of the 70 Sanhedrin, and, according to Jesus, he was a teacher of the Jews. The Pharisees numbered about 6000 men who had dedicated their entire life to keep the codified (arranged laws/rules into a systematic code) law. They also recognized that the 1st 5 chapters of the Old Testament were God’s inspired word to man.
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