9Nicodemus said to him,
ch. 6:52, 60
“How can these things be?” 10Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel
[ch. 9:30]
and yet you do not understand these things? 11Truly, truly, I say to you,
See ver. 32
we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but
See ver. 32
you
3:11 The Greek for you is plural here; also four times in verse 12
do not receive our testimony. 12If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13
Prov. 30:4; [Acts 2:34; Eph. 4:9]
No one has
[ch. 7:34]
ascended into heaven except
ver. 31; ch. 6:38, 42, 62; 1 Cor. 15:47; [Rom. 10:6]
he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
3:13 Some manuscripts add who is in heaven
14And
Num. 21:9
as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man
ch. 8:28; 12:32, 34
be lifted up, 15that whoever believes
[ch. 15:4; 16:33; 1 John 5:12, 20]
in him
ver. 36
may have eternal life.