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Onward (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/2#h=11:0-23:0"><strong>2:1–3:36</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><span class="icon"></span></div><ul><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Jesus turns water into wine at a wedding in Cana of Galilee (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/2#h=11:0-14:0">2:1-12</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Jesus cleanses the temple in Jerusalem (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/2#h=14:0-15:0">2:13-17</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Jesus speaks to opposing Jews about raising up the temple in three days (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/2#h=15:0-16:0">2:18-22</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Many put faith in Jesus because of the signs he performs (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/2#h=16:0-17:0">2:23-25</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Jesus explains birth from water and spirit to Nicodemus (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3#h=17:0-18:507">3:1-13</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">The Son of man to be lifted up as was the serpent in the wilderness (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3#h=18:507-19:0">3:14, 15</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">God sent his only-begotten Son, not to judge the world, but to save it (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3#h=19:0-20:0">3:16-21</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">John’s final witness about Jesus (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3#h=20:0-22:0">3:22-30</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Exercising faith in the Son, who comes from above, means everlasting life (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3#h=22:0-23:0">3:31-36</a>)</p></li></ul></li></ul></div> </li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-1" data-section-citation="043003001043003001"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:1</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p4" data-pid="4" class="s5"><strong>Nicodemus:</strong> A Pharisee and <strong>a ruler of the Jews,</strong> that is, a member of the Sanhedrin. (See Glossary, “<a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/0/0">Sanhedrin</a>.”) The name Nicodemus, which means “Conqueror of the People,” was well-known among the Greeks and had been adopted by some Jews. Nicodemus is mentioned only in John’s <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/1/0">Gospel</a> (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/1/0" data-bid="2-1" class="b">Joh 3:4,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/1/1" data-bid="2-2" class="b"> 9;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/1/2" data-bid="2-3" class="b"> 7:50;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/1/3" data-bid="2-4" class="b"> 19:39</a>), and Jesus calls him “a teacher of Israel” at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/2/0" data-bid="3-1" class="b">Joh 3:10</a>.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/2/0">study note on Joh 19:39</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/77" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-78"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 7:50, 51; 19:39</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-78" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-78" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-2" data-section-citation="043003002043003002"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:2</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/78" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-79"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 12:42</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-79" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-79" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/79" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-80"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 1:38</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-80" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-80" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/80" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-81"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 2:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-81" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-81" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/81" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-82"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 7:28, 29; Joh 7:46; 14:11; Ac 2:22; 10:38</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-82" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-82" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p175" data-pid="175" class="se"></p> <p id="p176" data-pid="176" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/179/0"><em>Love People,</em> lesson 10</a></p> <p id="p177" data-pid="177" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/180/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 497-498</a></p> <div id="p178" data-pid="178"><p data-pid="178" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/181/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="178" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/181/0">2/1/2002, pp. 9-11</a></p> </div><p id="p179" data-pid="179" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p57" data-pid="57" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/55/0">lmd lesson 10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/55/2"> it-2 497-498;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/55/4"> w02 2/1 9-11;</a></p> <p id="p58" data-pid="58" class="sx"></p> <p id="p71" data-pid="71" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/69/0">ad 1223;</a><span class="ni"> im 191;</span><span class="ni"> g62 7/8 12</span></p> <p id="p72" data-pid="72" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-3" data-section-citation="043003003043003003"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:3</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p6" data-pid="6" class="s5"><strong>born again:</strong> Jesus reveals to Nicodemus that in order to see the Kingdom of God, a human has to be born a second time. Nicodemus’ response in <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/4/0" data-bid="5-1" class="b">verse 4</a> indicates that he understood Jesus’ words to mean experiencing a literal second birth as a human. Jesus, however, goes on to describe this second birth as being “born from . . . spirit.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/5/0" data-bid="6-1" class="b">Joh 3:5</a>) Those who were “to become God’s children” “were born, not from blood or from a fleshly will or from man’s will, but from God.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/6/0" data-bid="7-1" class="b">Joh 1:12, 13</a>) At <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/7/0" data-bid="8-1" class="b">1Pe 1:3,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/7/1" data-bid="8-2" class="b"> 23</a>, Peter uses a synonymous Biblical expression, saying that anointed Christians are given “a new birth.” Although most Bibles use the expression “born again,” a number of Bibles say “born from above,” which is also a possible rendering because the Greek word <em>aʹno·then</em> usually means “from above.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/8/0" data-bid="9-1" class="b">Joh 3:31;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/8/1" data-bid="9-2" class="b"> 19:11;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/8/2" data-bid="9-3" class="b"> Jas 1:17;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/8/3" data-bid="9-4" class="b"> 3:15,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/8/4" data-bid="9-5" class="b"> 17</a>) Both renderings harmonize with the idea that those who would enter the Kingdom would experience a new birth that is “from God” and thus from above. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/9/0" data-bid="10-1" class="b">1Jo 3:9</a>) But considering Nicodemus’ response, in this context the Greek term has also been understood to mean “again; anew.”</p> <p id="p7" data-pid="7" class="s5"><strong>the Kingdom of God:</strong> This expression occurs only twice in the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/3/0">Gospel</a> of John.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/10/0" data-bid="11-1" class="b">Joh 3:5</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/4/0">study notes on Mt 3:2;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/5/0"> Mr 1:15</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/82" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-83"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 1:12, 13; 1Pe 1:3, 23; 1Jo 3:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-83" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-83" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/83" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-84"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 15:50</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-84" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-84" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p179" data-pid="179" class="se"></p> <p id="p180" data-pid="180" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/182/0"><em>Bible Questions Answered,</em> article 107</a></p> <div id="p181" data-pid="181"><p data-pid="181" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/183/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="181" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/183/0">1/2020, pp. 22-23</a></p> </div><div id="p182" data-pid="182"><p data-pid="182" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/184/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="182" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/184/0">4/1/2009, pp. 5-6,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/185/0"> 7-8</a></p><p data-pid="182" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/186/0">5/1/2001, p. 22</a></p><p data-pid="182" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/187/0">7/1/1995, pp. 9-10</a></p><p data-pid="182" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/188/0">11/15/1992, pp. 3,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/189/0"> 4-6</a></p> </div><div id="p183" data-pid="183"><p data-pid="183" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/190/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="183" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/190/0">2/8/1988, pp. 26-27</a></p> </div><p id="p184" data-pid="184" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p58" data-pid="58" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/56/0">ijwbq article 107;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/56/2"> w20.01 22-23;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/56/4"> w09 4/1 5-8;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/56/9"> w01 5/1 22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/56/11"> w95 7/1 9-10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/56/13"> w92 11/15 3-6;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/56/16"> g88 2/8 26-27;</a></p> <p id="p59" data-pid="59" class="sx"></p> <p id="p72" data-pid="72" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/70/0">w79 10/1 17-18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/70/2"> g76 6/22 27-28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/70/4"> g74 8/22 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/70/6"> w68 733-734;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/70/7"> w65 200;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/70/8"> w54 681;</a><span class="ni"> nh 163;</span><span class="ni"> el 115;</span><span class="ni"> w47 169;</span><span class="ni"> w44 199;</span><span class="ni"> w30 89,</span><span class="ni"> 92</span></p> <p id="p73" data-pid="73" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-4" data-section-citation="043003004043003004"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:4</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p184" data-pid="184" class="se"></p> <div id="p185" data-pid="185"><p data-pid="185" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/191/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="185" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/191/0">3/15/1995, p. 26</a></p> </div><p id="p186" data-pid="186" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p59" data-pid="59" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/57/0">w95 3/15 26</a></p> <p id="p60" data-pid="60" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-5" data-section-citation="043003005043003005"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:5</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p9" data-pid="9" class="s5"><strong>born from water and spirit:</strong> Nicodemus was likely familiar with the baptisms performed by John the Baptist. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/12/0" data-bid="13-1" class="b">Mr 1:4-8;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/12/1" data-bid="13-2" class="b"> Lu 3:16;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/12/2" data-bid="13-3" class="b"> Joh 1:31-34</a>) So when Jesus spoke about water, it is reasonable to assume that Nicodemus would have discerned that Jesus was referring to water used for baptism. Nicodemus would also have been familiar with the way the Hebrew Scriptures use the term “spirit of God,” that is, God’s active force. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/13/0" data-bid="14-1" class="b">Ge 41:38;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/13/1" data-bid="14-2" class="b"> Ex 31:3;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/13/2" data-bid="14-3" class="b"> Nu 11:17;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/13/3" data-bid="14-4" class="b"> Jg 3:10;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/13/4" data-bid="14-5" class="b"> 1Sa 10:6;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/13/5" data-bid="14-6" class="b"> Isa 63:11</a>) Therefore, when Jesus used the word “spirit,” Nicodemus would have understood it to be holy spirit. Jesus’ own experience illustrates the point he made to Nicodemus. When Jesus was baptized in water, holy spirit descended upon him. So he was “born from water and spirit.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/14/0" data-bid="15-1" class="b">Mt 3:16, 17;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/14/1" data-bid="15-2" class="b"> Lu 3:21, 22</a>) At that time, God declared that Jesus was his Son, apparently indicating that he had brought forth Jesus as a spiritual son who had the prospect of returning to heaven. A follower of Jesus who is “born from water” is one who has turned away from his former course of life, repented of his sins, and been baptized in water. Those who are born from both “water and spirit” are begotten, or brought forth, by God to be sons of God with the promise of spirit life in the heavens and with the prospect of ruling in the Kingdom of God.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/15/0" data-bid="16-1" class="b">Lu 22:30;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/15/1" data-bid="16-2" class="b"> Ro 8:14-17,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/15/2" data-bid="16-3" class="b"> 23;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/15/3" data-bid="16-4" class="b"> Tit 3:5;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/15/4" data-bid="16-5" class="b"> Heb 6:4, 5</a>.</p> <p id="p10" data-pid="10" class="s5"><strong>spirit:</strong> Or “active force.” The Greek word <em>pneuʹma</em> refers here to God’s active force.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/6/0">Glossary</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/84" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-85"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 28:19; Ac 8:36; 10:47</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-85" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-85" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/85" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-86"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 3:11; Joh 1:33; Ac 1:5; 10:45; 11:16; 19:5, 6; 1Co 12:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-86" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-86" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p186" data-pid="186" class="se"></p> <p id="p187" data-pid="187" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/192/0"><em>Bible Questions Answered,</em> article 107</a></p> <p id="p188" data-pid="188" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/193/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 319</a></p> <p id="p189" data-pid="189" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/194/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 1173</a></p> <p id="p190" data-pid="190" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/195/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> p. 44</a></p> <div id="p191" data-pid="191"><p data-pid="191" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/196/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="191" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/196/0">4/1/2009, pp. 8-9,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/197/0"> 10-11</a></p><p data-pid="191" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/198/0">7/1/1996, pp. 16-17</a></p><p data-pid="191" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/199/0">7/1/1995, pp. 9-10</a></p> </div><div id="p192" data-pid="192"><p data-pid="192" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/200/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="192" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/200/0">2/8/1988, pp. 26-27</a></p><p data-pid="192" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/201/0">10/8/1986, pp. 26-27</a></p> </div><p id="p193" data-pid="193" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p60" data-pid="60" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/58/0">ijwbq article 107;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/58/2"> it-1 319;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/58/4"> it-2 1173;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/58/6"> jy 44;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/58/8"> w09 4/1 8-11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/58/11"> w96 7/1 16-17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/58/13"> w95 7/1 9-10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/58/15"> gt chapter 17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/58/17"> g88 2/8 26-27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/58/19"> g86 10/8 26-27;</a></p> <p id="p61" data-pid="61" class="sx"></p> <p id="p73" data-pid="73" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/71/0">w85 12/1 24-25;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/71/2"> w82 2/1 19-29;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/71/6"> w79 10/1 17-18,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/71/8"> 22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/71/10"> hs 114-115;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/71/12"> g76 6/22 27-28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/71/15"> g74 8/22 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/71/17"> ad 1648;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/71/18"> g70 2/8 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/71/20"> w68 733;</a><span class="ni"> g62 3/8 28;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/71/22"> w61 39;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/71/23"> w60 102;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/71/24"> w58 606;</a><span class="ni"> g57 2/22 6;</span><span class="ni"> g55 6/22 10;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/71/27"> w54 682;</a><span class="ni"> nh 163;</span><span class="ni"> el 115;</span><span class="ni"> w49 183;</span><span class="ni"> w48 121;</span><span class="ni"> w47 169;</span><span class="ni"> g47 1/22 24;</span><span class="ni"> g46 11/22 21;</span><span class="ni"> w44 199;</span><span class="ni"> ki 284;</span><span class="ni"> w43 200;</span><span class="ni"> w30 23,</span><span class="ni"> 93</span></p> <p id="p74" data-pid="74" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-6" data-section-citation="043003006043003006"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:6</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p12" data-pid="12" class="s5"><strong>What has been born from the flesh is flesh:</strong> The Greek word for “flesh” (<em>sarx</em>) is here used to refer to a living being with fleshly or human heritage, along with its limitations.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/7/0">study note on Joh 17:2</a>.</p> <p id="p13" data-pid="13" class="s5"><strong>is spirit:</strong> Apparently referring to a spiritual son of God, one who is anointed with God’s spirit.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p74" data-pid="74" class="sx"><span class="ni">el 115;</span><span class="ni"> w47 169;</span><span class="ni"> ki 284;</span><span class="ni"> tf 263</span></p> <p id="p75" data-pid="75" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-7" data-section-citation="043003007043003007"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:7</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/86" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-87"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Pe 1:3, 23</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-87" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-87" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p193" data-pid="193" class="se"></p> <div id="p194" data-pid="194"><p data-pid="194" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/202/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="194" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/202/0">4/1/2009, pp. 5-6</a></p><p data-pid="194" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/203/0">5/1/2001, p. 22</a></p> </div><p id="p195" data-pid="195" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p61" data-pid="61" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/59/0">w09 4/1 5-6;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/59/3"> w01 5/1 22;</a></p> <p id="p62" data-pid="62" class="sx"></p> <p id="p75" data-pid="75" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/73/0">w82 2/1 19-29;</a><span class="ni"> g62 3/8 28;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/73/5"> w58 604</a></p> <p id="p76" data-pid="76" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-8" data-section-citation="043003008043003008"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:8</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="s5"><strong>wind . . . spirit:</strong> The Greek word <em>pneuʹma,</em> usually rendered “spirit,” occurs twice in this verse. The first occurrence is the only place in the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/8/0">Christian Greek Scriptures</a> where it is rendered “wind,” though the corresponding Hebrew word <em>ruʹach</em> is rendered “wind” some 100 times. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/18/0" data-bid="19-1" class="b">Ge 8:1;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/18/1" data-bid="19-2" class="b"> Ex 10:13;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/18/2" data-bid="19-3" class="b"> 1Ki 18:45;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/18/3" data-bid="19-4" class="b"> Job 21:18;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/18/4" data-bid="19-5" class="b"> Zec 2:6</a>; see Glossary, “<a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/9/0">Spirit</a>.”) Both terms generally denote something invisible to the human eye, often giving evidence of force in motion. Jesus uses the expression to teach a deep spiritual truth. At the end of the verse, <em>pneuʹma</em> is used in the expression <strong>everyone who has been born from the <em>spirit,</em></strong> that is, who has been begotten by God’s holy spirit, or active force. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/10/0">study note on Joh 3:5</a>.) He tells Nicodemus that being “born from the spirit” can be illustrated with the blowing of the wind. Nicodemus could hear, feel, and see the effects of the wind, but he could not understand its source or its final destination. Similarly, those lacking spiritual insight would find it difficult to grasp how Jehovah, by means of his spirit, could cause a person to be born again; nor could they grasp the glorious future that lies ahead for such a person.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/87" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-88"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 8:14, 16</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-88" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-88" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p195" data-pid="195" class="se"></p> <div id="p196" data-pid="196"><p data-pid="196" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/204/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="196" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/204/0">2/8/1988, p. 26</a></p> </div><p id="p197" data-pid="197" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p62" data-pid="62" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/60/0">g88 2/8 26;</a></p> <p id="p63" data-pid="63" class="sx"></p> <p id="p76" data-pid="76" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/74/0">g76 6/22 27-28;</a><span class="ni"> w44 199</span></p> <p id="p77" data-pid="77" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-10" data-section-citation="043003010043003010"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:10</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p77" data-pid="77" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/75/0">w59 160</a></p> <p id="p78" data-pid="78" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-11" data-section-citation="043003011043003011"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:11</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/88" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-89"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 8:26</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-89" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-89" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/89" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-90"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 3:32</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-90" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-90" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-12" data-section-citation="043003012043003012"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:12</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/90" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-91"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Lu 22:66, 67; 1Co 2:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-91" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-91" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p78" data-pid="78" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/76/0">w62 560;</a><span class="ni"> wr 17</span></p> <p id="p79" data-pid="79" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-13" data-section-citation="043003013043003013"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:13</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="s5"><strong>Son of man:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/11/0">study note on Mt 8:20</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/91" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-92"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 2:34; Heb 9:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-92" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-92" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/92" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-93"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 6:38; 8:23, 42; 1Co 15:47; Eph 4:8-10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-93" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-93" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p197" data-pid="197" class="se"></p> <p id="p198" data-pid="198" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/205/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 30</a></p> <div id="p199" data-pid="199"><p data-pid="199" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/206/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="199" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/206/0">10/1/2009, pp. 19-20</a></p><p data-pid="199" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/207/0">6/15/2006, p. 30</a></p> </div><p id="p200" data-pid="200" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p63" data-pid="63" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/61/0">lff lesson 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/61/2"> w09 10/1 19-20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/61/4"> w06 6/15 30;</a></p> <p id="p64" data-pid="64" class="sx"></p> <p id="p79" data-pid="79" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/77/0">w82 11/15 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/77/2"> g72 8/8 28;</a><span class="ni"> g65 5/8 6;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/77/5"> w62 88,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/77/6"> 560,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/77/7"> 589;</a><span class="ni"> wr 17,</span><span class="ni"> 37;</span><span class="ni"> g62 11/8 27;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/77/11"> w59 159</a></p> <p id="p80" data-pid="80" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-14" data-section-citation="043003014043003014"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:14</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p19" data-pid="19" class="s5"><strong>so the Son of man must be lifted up:</strong> Jesus here likens his being executed on the stake to the placing of the copper <strong>serpent</strong> on a pole in the wilderness. In order to live, the Israelites bitten by the poisonous serpents had to gaze at the copper serpent put up by Moses. Similarly, sinful humans who desire to gain everlasting life must look intently at Jesus by exercising faith in him. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/21/0" data-bid="22-1" class="b">Nu 21:4-9;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/21/1" data-bid="22-2" class="b"> Heb 12:2</a>) To many, the fact that Jesus was put to death on a stake made him appear to be an evildoer and a sinner; according to the Mosaic Law, a person hung on a stake was considered cursed. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/22/0" data-bid="23-1" class="b">De 21:22, 23</a>) Quoting from this passage of the Law, Paul explains that Jesus had to be hung on a stake to release the Jews “from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse instead of [them].”—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/23/0" data-bid="24-1" class="b">Ga 3:13;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/23/1" data-bid="24-2" class="b"> 1Pe 2:24</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/93" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-94"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Nu 21:8, 9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-94" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-94" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/94" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-95"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 8:28; Ga 3:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-95" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-95" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p200" data-pid="200" class="se"></p> <p id="p201" data-pid="201" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/208/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 505</a></p> <p id="p202" data-pid="202" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/209/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> p. 44</a></p> <div id="p203" data-pid="203"><p data-pid="203" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/210/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="203" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/210/0">8/8/1988, pp. 26-27</a></p> </div><p id="p204" data-pid="204" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p64" data-pid="64" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/62/0">it-1 505;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/62/2"> jy 44;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/62/4"> gt chapter 17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/62/6"> g88 8/8 27;</a></p> <p id="p65" data-pid="65" class="sx"></p> <p id="p80" data-pid="80" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/78/0">w85 12/1 25;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/78/2"> ad 376;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/78/3"> w64 393;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/78/4"> w62 557;</a><span class="ni"> wr 11;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/78/6"> w61 237;</a><span class="ni"> ns 262;</span><span class="ni"> rm 147;</span><span class="ni"> w48 21</span></p> <p id="p81" data-pid="81" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-15" data-section-citation="043003015043003015"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:15</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/95" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-96"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 3:36; 20:31</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-96" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-96" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p204" data-pid="204" class="se"></p> <p id="p205" data-pid="205" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/211/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 505,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/212/0"> 830</a></p> <p id="p206" data-pid="206" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p65" data-pid="65" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/63/0">it-1 505,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/63/2"> 830;</a></p> <p id="p66" data-pid="66" class="sx"></p> <p id="p81" data-pid="81" class="sx"><span class="ni">w48 21</span></p> <p id="p82" data-pid="82" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-16" data-section-citation="043003016043003016"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:16</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p21" data-pid="21" class="s5"><strong>loved:</strong> This is the first occurrence of the Greek verb <em>a·ga·paʹo</em> (“to love”) in the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/12/0">Gospel</a> of John. This Greek verb and the related noun <em>a·gaʹpe</em> (love) are used in his Gospel a total of 44 times—more often than in the other three Gospels combined. In the Bible, <em>a·ga·paʹo</em> and <em>a·gaʹpe</em> often refer to unselfish love guided, or governed, by principle. This is shown by its use in this verse, since God is spoken of as loving <strong>the world,</strong> that is, the world of mankind in need of redemption from sin. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/25/0" data-bid="26-1" class="b">Joh 1:29</a>) The noun is used at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/26/0" data-bid="27-1" class="b">1Jo 4:8</a>, where John says “God is love.” Love (<em>a·gaʹpe</em>) is listed first as an aspect of “the fruitage of the spirit” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/27/0" data-bid="28-1" class="b">Ga 5:22</a>), and it is described at length at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/28/0" data-bid="29-1" class="b">1Co 13:4-7</a>. The way the word is used in the Scriptures shows that love often involves more than an emotional response to another person. In many contexts, it is broader in scope; this type of love is often expressed more thoughtfully and deliberately. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/29/0" data-bid="30-1" class="b">Mt 5:44;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/29/1" data-bid="30-2" class="b"> Eph 5:25</a>) Therefore, the love cultivated by Christians should include a moral sense that takes into account duty, principle, and propriety. However, it is not without feeling, since it often includes warm personal affection. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/30/0" data-bid="31-1" class="b">1Pe 1:22</a>) This is shown in the use of the term in John’s Gospel. When John wrote “the Father loves the Son” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/31/0" data-bid="32-1" class="b">Joh 3:35</a>), he used a form of the word <em>a·ga·paʹo,</em> but when he recorded Jesus’ statement describing this same relationship, he used a form of the Greek verb <em>phi·leʹo</em> (“to have affection”).—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/32/0" data-bid="33-1" class="b">Joh 5:20</a>.</p> <p id="p22" data-pid="22" class="s5"><strong>the world:</strong> The Greek word <em>koʹsmos</em> is closely linked with mankind in secular Greek literature and particularly so in the Bible. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/13/0">study note on Joh 1:10</a>.) In this context, <em>koʹsmos</em> refers to the entire world of redeemable mankind who at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/33/0" data-bid="34-1" class="b">Joh 1:29</a> are described as being guilty of “sin,” that is, sin inherited from Adam.</p> <p id="p23" data-pid="23" class="s5"><strong>only-begotten Son:</strong> The Greek word <em>mo·no·ge·nesʹ,</em> traditionally rendered “only-begotten,” has been defined as “the only one of its kind; one and only; unique.” In the apostle John’s writings, this term is exclusively used of Jesus. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/34/0" data-bid="35-1" class="b">Joh 1:14;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/34/1" data-bid="35-2" class="b"> 3:18;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/34/2" data-bid="35-3" class="b"> 1Jo 4:9</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/14/0">study note on Joh 1:14</a>.) Although the other spirit creatures produced by God were called sons, Jesus alone is called the “only-begotten Son.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/35/0" data-bid="36-1" class="b">Ge 6:2,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/35/1" data-bid="36-2" class="b"> 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/35/2" data-bid="36-3" class="b"> Job 1:6;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/35/3" data-bid="36-4" class="b"> 2:1;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/35/4" data-bid="36-5" class="b"> 38:4-7</a>) Jesus, the firstborn Son, was the sole <em>direct</em> creation of his Father, so he was unique, different from all other sons of God. They were created, or begotten, by Jehovah <em>through</em> that firstborn Son. The Greek word <em>mo·no·ge·nesʹ</em> is used in a similar way when Paul says that Isaac was Abraham’s “only-begotten son.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/36/0" data-bid="37-1" class="b">Heb 11:17</a>) Though Abraham fathered Ishmael by Hagar and several sons by Keturah (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/37/0" data-bid="38-1" class="b">Ge 16:15;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/37/1" data-bid="38-2" class="b"> 25:1, 2;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/37/2" data-bid="38-3" class="b"> 1Ch 1:28,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/37/3" data-bid="38-4" class="b"> 32</a>), Isaac was “only-begotten” in a special sense. He was Abraham’s only son by God’s promise as well as the only son of Sarah.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/38/0" data-bid="39-1" class="b">Ge 17:16-19</a>.</p> <p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="s5"><strong>exercising faith in him:</strong> Lit., “believing into him.” The Greek verb <em>pi·steuʹo</em> (related to the noun <em>piʹstis,</em> generally rendered “faith”) has the basic meaning “to believe; to have faith,” but it can express different shades of meaning, depending on context and grammatical constructions. The meaning of this term often goes beyond mere belief or recognition that someone exists. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/39/0" data-bid="40-1" class="b">Jas 2:19</a>) It includes the idea of faith and trust that lead to obedient action. At <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/40/0" data-bid="41-1" class="b">Joh 3:16</a>, the Greek verb <em>pi·steuʹo</em> is used together with the preposition <em>eis,</em> “into.” Regarding this Greek phrase, one scholar noted: “Faith is thought of as an activity, as something men do, i.e. putting faith <em>into</em> someone.” (<em>An Introductory Grammar of New Testament Greek,</em> Paul L. Kaufman, 1982, p. 46) Jesus obviously refers to a life characterized by faith, not just a single act of faith. At <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/41/0" data-bid="42-1" class="b">Joh 3:36</a>, the similar expression “the one who exercises faith in the Son” is contrasted with “the one who <em>disobeys</em> the Son.” Therefore, in that context, “to exercise faith” includes the idea of demonstrating one’s strong beliefs or faith through obedience.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/96" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-97"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 22:2, 16; Joh 1:14; Ro 5:8; 8:32; 1Jo 4:9, 10, 19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-97" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-97" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/97" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-98"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 133:3; Joh 6:40; 17:3; 20:31; Ro 6:23; 2Ti 3:15; 1Jo 2:25; 5:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-98" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-98" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p206" data-pid="206" class="se"></p> <p id="p207" data-pid="207" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/213/0"><em>“My Follower,”</em> p. 181</a></p> <p id="p208" data-pid="208" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/214/0"><em>Bible Questions Answered,</em> articles 120,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/215/0"> 147</a></p> <p id="p209" data-pid="209" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/216/0"><em>Bible Verses Explained,</em> article 8</a></p> <p id="p210" data-pid="210" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/217/0"><em>Close to Jehovah,</em> pp. 232-235</a></p> <p id="p211" data-pid="211" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/218/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 15</a></p> <p id="p212" data-pid="212" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/219/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 53,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/220/0"> 760,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/221/0"> 1000,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/222/0"> 1206,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/223/0"> 1210</a></p> <div id="p213" data-pid="213"><p data-pid="213" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/224/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="213" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/224/0">2/2017, pp. 6-7</a></p> </div><div id="p214" data-pid="214"><p data-pid="214" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/225/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Public)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="214" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/225/0">No. 2 2017, p. 5</a></p> </div><p id="p215" data-pid="215" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/226/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> p. 44</a></p> <div id="p216" data-pid="216"><p data-pid="216" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/227/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="216" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/227/0">5/1/2014, pp. 8-9</a></p><p data-pid="216" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/228/0">3/1/2014, pp. 3-6</a></p><p data-pid="216" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/229/0">4/1/2010, p. 6</a></p><p data-pid="216" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/230/0">8/15/2009, p. 9</a></p><p data-pid="216" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/231/0">12/15/2008, p. 12</a></p><p data-pid="216" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/232/0">2/1/1997, pp. 9-12</a></p><p data-pid="216" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/233/0">2/1/1996, p. 4</a></p><p data-pid="216" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/234/0">1/15/1992, pp. 9-11</a></p><p data-pid="216" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/235/0">11/15/1990, pp. 12,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/236/0"> 16</a></p><p data-pid="216" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/237/0">5/1/1987, p. 30</a></p><p data-pid="216" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/238/0">2/15/1987, pp. 10-14</a></p> </div><p id="p217" data-pid="217" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/239/0"><em>Mankind’s Search for God,</em> p. 244</a></p> <p id="p218" data-pid="218" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/240/0"><em>Trinity,</em> pp. 15-16</a></p> <p id="p219" data-pid="219" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/241/0"><em>True Peace,</em> pp. 118-120</a></p> <p id="p220" data-pid="220" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p66" data-pid="66" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/0">ijwbq articles 120,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/2"> 147;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/4"> ijwbv article 8;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/6"> cf 181;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/8"> cl 232-235;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/11"> lff lessons 15,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/13"> 27-28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/16"> it-2 53,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/18"> 760,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/20"> 1000,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/22"> 1206,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/24"> 1210;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/26"> w17.02 6-7;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/28"> wp17.2 5;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/30"> jy 44;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/32"> w14 3/1 3-6;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/34"> w14 5/1 8-9;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/36"> w10 4/1 6;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/38"> w09 8/15 9;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/40"> w08 12/15 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/42"> w97 2/1 9-12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/44"> w96 2/1 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/46"> w92 1/15 9-11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/48"> gt chapter 17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/50"> w90 11/15 12,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/52"> 16;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/54"> sh 244;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/56"> ti 15-16;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/58"> w87 2/15 10-14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/60"> w87 5/1 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/64/62"> tp 118-120;</a></p> <p id="p67" data-pid="67" class="sx"></p> <p id="p82" data-pid="82" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/0">w85 12/1 25;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/2"> w82 5/1 21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/4"> w80 1/1 11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/6"> hp 111;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/8"> w79 1/15 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/10"> g78 11/8 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/12"> w76 309;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/14"> gh 117;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/16"> hs 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/18"> fu 18-19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/20"> g75 1/22 22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/22"> w74 254;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/24"> w73 133;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/27"> w73 252;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/29"> w73 465;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/31"> tp73 121-123;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/34"> g72 2/8 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/36"> g72 10/22 14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/38"> ad 1530,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/39"> 1674;</a><span class="ni"> g67 10/22 28;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/41"> w65 199;</a><span class="ni"> im 121;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/43"> w64 51,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/44"> 523;</a><span class="ni"> g64 4/22 26;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/46"> w63 7,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/47"> 318,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/48"> 395,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/49"> 605,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/50"> 630;</a><span class="ni"> bf 58;</span><span class="ni"> yb63 6;</span><span class="ni"> mg63 9;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/54"> w62 300,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/55"> 429,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/56"> 601;</a><span class="ni"> wr 59;</span><span class="ni"> g62 12/8 28;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/59"> w61 683;</a><span class="ni"> ns 79;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/61"> w60 520;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/62"> w59 63,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/63"> 332,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/64"> 595;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/65"> w54 562;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/66"> w53 496,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/67"> 725;</a><span class="ni"> nh 115;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/80/69"> w52 696;</a><span class="ni"> w45 355;</span><span class="ni"> w43 89;</span><span class="ni"> wl 116;</span><span class="ni"> w41 35,</span><span class="ni"> 292;</span><span class="ni"> w40 282;</span><span class="ni"> w39 154;</span><span class="ni"> ch 149;</span><span class="ni"> w31 78</span></p> <p id="p83" data-pid="83" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-17" data-section-citation="043003017043003017"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:17</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p26" data-pid="26" class="s5"><strong>judge:</strong> Or “condemn.” Jehovah did not send his Son to judge adversely, or condemn, <strong>the world</strong> of mankind, but he sent Jesus on a loving mission to save those who showed faith.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/43/0" data-bid="44-1" class="b">Joh 3:16;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/43/1" data-bid="44-2" class="b"> 2Pe 3:9</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/98" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-99"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Lu 19:10; Joh 12:47; 1Co 15:22; 2Co 5:18, 19; 1Ti 1:15; 1Jo 2:1, 2; 4:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-99" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-99" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p220" data-pid="220" class="se"></p> <p id="p221" data-pid="221" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/242/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> p. 44</a></p> <div id="p222" data-pid="222"><p data-pid="222" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/243/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="222" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/243/0">1/15/1992, p. 11</a></p> </div><p id="p223" data-pid="223" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/244/0"><em>Mankind’s Search for God,</em> p. 244</a></p> <p id="p224" data-pid="224" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p67" data-pid="67" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/65/0">jy 44;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/65/2"> w92 1/15 11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/65/4"> gt chapter 17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/65/6"> sh 244;</a></p> <p id="p68" data-pid="68" class="sx"></p> <p id="p83" data-pid="83" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/81/0">w83 8/15 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/81/2"> w80 1/1 11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/81/4"> w73 442;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/81/6"> w73 651;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/81/8"> w64 51;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/81/9"> w63 605;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/81/10"> w59 63;</a><span class="ni"> w45 355;</span><span class="ni"> wl 121;</span><span class="ni"> w39 154</span></p> <p id="p84" data-pid="84" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-18" data-section-citation="043003018043003018"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:18</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p28" data-pid="28" class="s5"><strong>judged:</strong> Or “condemned.”—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/15/0">study note on Joh 3:17</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/99" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-100"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 5:24; Ro 8:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-100" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-100" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/100" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-101"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 10:33; Heb 10:29</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-101" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-101" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p224" data-pid="224" class="se"></p> <p id="p225" data-pid="225" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/245/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 556-557,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/246/0"> 1000</a></p> <div id="p226" data-pid="226"><p data-pid="226" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/247/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="226" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/247/0">12/15/2008, p. 12</a></p> </div><p id="p227" data-pid="227" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/248/0"><em>Trinity,</em> pp. 15-16</a></p> <p id="p228" data-pid="228" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p68" data-pid="68" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/66/0">it-2 556-557,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/66/2"> 1000;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/66/4"> w08 12/15 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/66/6"> ti 15-16;</a></p> <p id="p69" data-pid="69" class="sx"></p> <p id="p84" data-pid="84" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/82/0">ad 1530;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/82/1"> w64 729;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/82/2"> w62 564;</a><span class="ni"> wr 24;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/82/4"> w59 64;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/82/5"> w51 529</a></p> <p id="p85" data-pid="85" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-19" data-section-citation="043003019043003019"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:19</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="s5"><strong>the light:</strong> The first occurrence of “light” in this verse indicates that Jesus personified light in his life and teachings and that he reflected understanding and enlightenment from Jehovah God. Jesus is also figuratively referred to as “the light” at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/46/0" data-bid="47-1" class="b">Joh 1:7-9</a>.—For the expression <strong>come into the world,</strong> see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/16/0">study note on Joh 1:9</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-4"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p158" data-pid="158">Or “people.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/101" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-102"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 1:9; 8:12; 9:5; 12:46, 48</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-102" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-102" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/102" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-103"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Job 24:13-17; Isa 5:20; 1Jo 2:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-103" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-103" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p228" data-pid="228" class="se"></p> <p id="p229" data-pid="229" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/249/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 274</a></p> <p id="p230" data-pid="230" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/250/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> pp. 44-45</a></p> <div id="p231" data-pid="231"><p data-pid="231" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/251/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="231" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/251/0">4/1/1993, pp. 13-15</a></p><p data-pid="231" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/252/0">8/1/1991, pp. 8-13</a></p> </div><p id="p232" data-pid="232" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p69" data-pid="69" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/67/0">it-2 274;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/67/2"> jy 44-45;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/67/4"> w93 4/1 13-15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/67/6"> w91 8/1 8-13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/67/8"> gt chapter 17;</a></p> <p id="p70" data-pid="70" class="sx"></p> <p id="p85" data-pid="85" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/83/0">w76 309;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/83/2"> w75 653;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/83/4"> w74 522;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/83/6"> w73 7;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/83/8"> w67 218;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/83/9"> w64 729;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/83/10"> w59 64;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/83/11"> w52 341;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/83/12"> w51 529,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/83/13"> 582</a></p> <p id="p86" data-pid="86" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-20" data-section-citation="043003020043003020"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:20</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-5"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p159" data-pid="159">Or “exposed.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p232" data-pid="232" class="se"></p> <div id="p233" data-pid="233"><p data-pid="233" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/253/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="233" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/253/0">1/1/2005, p. 9</a></p> </div><p id="p234" data-pid="234" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p70" data-pid="70" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/68/0">w05 1/1 9;</a></p> <p id="p71" data-pid="71" class="sx"></p> <p id="p86" data-pid="86" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/84/0">w75 653;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/84/3"> w74 522;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/84/5"> w73 7;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/84/7"> w64 727</a></p> <p id="p87" data-pid="87" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-21" data-section-citation="043003021043003021"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:21</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/103" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-104"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 12:36, 46; 1Jo 1:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-104" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-104" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p87" data-pid="87" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/85/0">w73 7;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/85/2"> w63 159;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/85/3"> w59 64</a></p> <p id="p88" data-pid="88" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-22" data-section-citation="043003022043003022"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:22</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p32" data-pid="32" class="s5"><strong>he . . . was baptizing:</strong> It seems that the baptizing was done under Jesus’ direction, since <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/48/0" data-bid="49-1" class="b">Joh 4:2</a> states that “Jesus himself did no baptizing but his disciples did.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/104" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-105"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 4:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-105" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-105" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p234" data-pid="234" class="se"></p> <p id="p235" data-pid="235" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/254/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> p. 46</a></p> <div id="p236" data-pid="236"><p data-pid="236" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/255/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="236" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/255/0">2/1/1988, p. 6</a></p> </div><p id="p237" data-pid="237" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p71" data-pid="71" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/69/0">jy 46;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/69/2"> gt chapter 18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/69/4"> w88 2/1 6;</a></p> <p id="p72" data-pid="72" class="sx"></p> <p id="p88" data-pid="88" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/86/0">w85 12/15 8;</a><span class="ni"> is 83;</span><span class="ni"> ns 225;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/86/4"> w59 288</a></p> <p id="p89" data-pid="89" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-23" data-section-citation="043003023043003023"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:23</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p34" data-pid="34" class="s5"><strong>baptizing:</strong> Or “immersing.” The Greek word <em>ba·ptiʹzo</em> means “to dip; to plunge.” The Bible indicates that baptism involves complete immersion. This account tells us that John was baptizing at this location “because there was a great quantity of water there.” (See study note on <strong>Aenon</strong> in this verse.) When Philip baptized the Ethiopian eunuch, they both “went down into the water.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/50/0" data-bid="51-1" class="b">Ac 8:38</a>) The same Greek word is used in the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/17/0"><em>Septuagint</em></a> at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/51/0" data-bid="52-1" class="b">2Ki 5:14</a> when describing that Naaman “plunged into the Jordan seven times.”</p> <p id="p35" data-pid="35" class="s5"><strong>Aenon:</strong> A place having <strong>a great quantity of water</strong> available. It was near the apparently better-known place named <strong>Salim.</strong> The exact locations of these places are uncertain; however, <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/18/0">Eusebius</a> indicates a location in the Jordan Valley about eight Roman miles (12 km; 7.5 mi) S of Scythopolis (Beth-shean). In this area is Tell Ridgha (Tel Shalem), tentatively identified with Salim. Nearby are several springs that might fit Eusebius’ description of the place called Aenon. In the Bible, these two locations, Aenon and Salim, are mentioned only here.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/105" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-106"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mr 1:10; Ac 8:38</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-106" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-106" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/106" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-107"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 3:1, 5, 6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-107" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-107" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p237" data-pid="237" class="se"></p> <p id="p238" data-pid="238" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/256/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 55</a></p> <p id="p239" data-pid="239" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p72" data-pid="72" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/70/0">it-1 55;</a></p> <p id="p73" data-pid="73" class="sx"></p> <p id="p89" data-pid="89" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/87/0">w63 331;</a><span class="ni"> g62 3/8 27;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/87/2"> w61 38;</a><span class="ni"> ns 225</span></p> <p id="p90" data-pid="90" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-24" data-section-citation="043003024043003024"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:24</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/107" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-108"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 14:3; Lu 3:19, 20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-108" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-108" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-25" data-section-citation="043003025043003025"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:25</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p90" data-pid="90" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/88/0">w73 274;</a><span class="ni"> ns 226</span></p> <p id="p91" data-pid="91" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-26" data-section-citation="043003026043003026"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:26</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="s5"><strong>across the Jordan:</strong> Or “on the other [eastern] side of the Jordan.” The places mentioned at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/53/0" data-bid="54-1" class="b">Joh 3:23</a>, Aenon and Salim, were on the western side of the Jordan, whereas John baptized Jesus at “Bethany across the Jordan,” that is, on the eastern side.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/19/0">study note on Joh 1:28</a> and <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/0">App. B10</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/108" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-109"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 1:6, 7, 33, 34</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-109" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-109" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p239" data-pid="239" class="se"></p> <p id="p240" data-pid="240" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/257/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 249</a></p> <p id="p241" data-pid="241" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/258/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> p. 46</a></p> <p id="p242" data-pid="242" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p73" data-pid="73" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/71/0">it-1 249;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/71/2"> jy 46;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/71/4"> gt chapter 18;</a></p> <p id="p74" data-pid="74" class="sx"></p> <p id="p91" data-pid="91" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/89/0">w73 274;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/89/2"> ad 186;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/89/3"> w63 160</a></p> <p id="p92" data-pid="92" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-28" data-section-citation="043003028043003028"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:28</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/109" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-110"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 1:19, 20; Ac 13:25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-110" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-110" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/110" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-111"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mal 3:1; Mt 11:7, 10; Lu 1:13, 17; Joh 1:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-111" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-111" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p92" data-pid="92" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/90/0">w81 5/1 24;</a><span class="ni"> li 65;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/90/4"> w62 562;</a><span class="ni"> wr 19</span></p> <p id="p93" data-pid="93" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-29" data-section-citation="043003029043003029"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:29</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p39" data-pid="39" class="s5"><strong>the friend of the bridegroom:</strong> In Bible times, a close acquaintance of the bridegroom acted as his legal representative and played a key role in making arrangements for the marriage. He was viewed as the one who brought the bride and bridegroom together. On the wedding day, the bridal procession would arrive at either the house of the bridegroom or that of his father, where the marriage feast would be held. During this feast, the friend of the bridegroom would be happy when he heard <strong>the voice of the bridegroom</strong> as he talked with his bride, since the friend would feel that he had successfully done his duty. John the Baptist likened himself to “the friend of the bridegroom.” In this case, Jesus was the bridegroom and the disciples as a class made up his symbolic bride. Preparing the way for the Messiah, John the Baptist introduced the first members of “the bride” to Jesus Christ. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/55/0" data-bid="56-1" class="b">Joh 1:29,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/55/1" data-bid="56-2" class="b"> 35;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/55/2" data-bid="56-3" class="b"> 2Co 11:2;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/55/3" data-bid="56-4" class="b"> Eph 5:22-27;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/55/4" data-bid="56-5" class="b"> Re 21:2,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/55/5" data-bid="56-6" class="b"> 9</a>) “The friend of the bridegroom” accomplished his objective by making successful introductions; he was then no longer a principal figure. Likewise, John said of himself in relation to Jesus: “That one must keep on increasing, but I must keep on decreasing.”—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/56/0" data-bid="57-1" class="b">Joh 3:30</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/111" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-112"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 22:2; 2Co 11:2; Eph 5:25; Re 21:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-112" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-112" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p242" data-pid="242" class="se"></p> <div id="p243" data-pid="243"><p data-pid="243" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/259/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="243" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/259/0">8/2019, p. 30</a></p> </div><p id="p244" data-pid="244" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/260/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 874</a></p> <p id="p245" data-pid="245" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/261/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 341</a></p> <p id="p246" data-pid="246" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/262/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> p. 46</a></p> <div id="p247" data-pid="247"><p data-pid="247" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/263/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="247" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/263/0">3/15/1990, p. 24</a></p> </div><p id="p248" data-pid="248" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p74" data-pid="74" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/72/0">w19.08 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/72/2"> it-1 874;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/72/4"> it-2 341;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/72/6"> jy 46;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/72/8"> gt chapter 18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/72/10"> w90 3/15 24;</a></p> <p id="p75" data-pid="75" class="sx"></p> <p id="p93" data-pid="93" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/91/0">w85 12/15 8-9;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/91/2"> w81 5/1 24;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/91/4"> w79 1/15 20-21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/91/6"> w74 686-687;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/91/9"> ad 610;</a><span class="ni"> li 65,</span><span class="ni"> 228;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/91/12"> w64 688;</a><span class="ni"> bf 419;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/91/14"> w62 562;</a><span class="ni"> wr 20;</span><span class="ni"> ns 226;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/91/17"> w56 561;</a><span class="ni"> sr55 219;</span><span class="ni"> w48 324;</span><span class="ni"> w44 292</span></p> <p id="p94" data-pid="94" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-30" data-section-citation="043003030043003030"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:30</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/112" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-113"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 4:1, 2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-113" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-113" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p248" data-pid="248" class="se"></p> <p id="p249" data-pid="249" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/264/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> p. 46</a></p> <p id="p250" data-pid="250" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p75" data-pid="75" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/73/0">jy 46;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/73/2"> gt chapter 18;</a></p> <p id="p76" data-pid="76" class="sx"></p> <p id="p94" data-pid="94" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/92/0">w85 12/15 9;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/92/2"> w73 7-8;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/92/4"> w73 274;</a><span class="ni"> li 65;</span><span class="ni"> bf 419;</span><span class="ni"> w42 373</span></p> <p id="p95" data-pid="95" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-31" data-section-citation="043003031043003031"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:31</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p41" data-pid="41" class="s5"><strong>The one who comes from above:</strong> The words at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/58/0" data-bid="59-1" class="b">Joh 3:31-36</a> seem to be those of the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/20/0">Gospel</a> writer, the apostle John, not a continuation of the quoted words of John the Baptist or a direct quotation of Jesus’ words. The context indicates that Jesus’ words to Nicodemus end at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/59/0" data-bid="60-1" class="b">Joh 3:21</a> and are followed by the apostle John’s narration of events, continuing to <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/60/0" data-bid="61-1" class="b">Joh 3:25</a>. Beginning at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/61/0" data-bid="62-1" class="b">Joh 3:26</a>, a conversation between John the Baptist and his disciples is recorded, and his words to them end at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/62/0" data-bid="63-1" class="b">Joh 3:30</a>. Although the words of <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/63/0" data-bid="64-1" class="b">Joh 3:31-36</a> are not presented as spoken by Jesus, they undoubtedly represent truths that Jesus taught the apostle John.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-6"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p160" data-pid="160">Or “all things.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/113" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-114"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 8:23</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-114" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-114" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/114" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-115"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 3:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-115" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-115" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p95" data-pid="95" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/93/0">w62 561,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/93/1"> 589;</a><span class="ni"> wr 18,</span><span class="ni"> 37</span></p> <p id="p96" data-pid="96" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-32" data-section-citation="043003032043003032"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:32</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/115" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-116"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 8:26; 15:15</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-116" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-116" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/116" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-117"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 1:11; 3:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-117" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-117" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p96" data-pid="96" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/94/0">w62 561;</a><span class="ni"> wr 18</span></p> <p id="p97" data-pid="97" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-33" data-section-citation="043003033043003033"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:33</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p43" data-pid="43" class="s5"><strong>has put his seal to it:</strong> Or “has confirmed.” The Greek word for “to seal; to put a seal on” is here used figuratively and conveys the idea of confirming a statement as being true, or truthful, just as a seal certifies that a document is authentic. A person who accepts the Messiah’s <strong>witness,</strong> or testimony, acknowledges that <strong>God is true</strong>—in this case, regarding his prophetic word about the Messiah.—Compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/65/0" data-bid="66-1" class="b">Ro 3:4</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/1001072291#chapter=3"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/1001072291/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/949" ><span class="caption"><p>Sealing a Document</p> </span></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/117" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-118"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Jo 5:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-118" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-118" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p97" data-pid="97" class="sx"><span class="ni">w46 342</span></p> <p id="p98" data-pid="98" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-34" data-section-citation="043003034043003034"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:34</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-7"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p161" data-pid="161">Or “by measure.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/118" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-119"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 7:16; 8:28; 12:49, 50; 14:10, 24</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-119" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-119" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-35" data-section-citation="043003035043003035"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:35</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/119" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-120"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 5:20; 15:9, 10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-120" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-120" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/120" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-121"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 11:27; Lu 10:22</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-121" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-121" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p98" data-pid="98" class="sx"><span class="ni">en 127</span></p> <p id="p99" data-pid="99" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="43-3-36" data-section-citation="043003036043003036"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">John 3:36</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p45" data-pid="45" class="s5"><strong>exercises faith . . . disobeys:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070671/21/0">study note on Joh 3:16</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/121" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-122"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 3:16; 6:47; Ro 1:17; Heb 5:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-122" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-122" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/122" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-123"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Th 1:7, 8; 1Jo 5:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-123" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-123" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/123" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-124"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 2:8; Eph 5:5, 6; Heb 10:26, 27</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-124" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-124" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p250" data-pid="250" class="se"></p> <div id="p251" data-pid="251"><p data-pid="251" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/265/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Public)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="251" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/265/0">No. 2 2017, p. 7</a></p> </div><div id="p252" data-pid="252"><p data-pid="252" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/266/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="252" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/266/0">8/15/2010, pp. 13,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/267/0"> 16</a></p><p data-pid="252" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/268/0">4/15/1999, pp. 13-14</a></p><p data-pid="252" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204433/269/0">9/15/1989, pp. 6-7</a></p> </div><p id="p253" data-pid="253" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p76" data-pid="76" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/74/0">wp17.2 7;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/74/2"> w10 8/15 13,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/74/5"> 16;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/74/7"> w99 4/15 13-14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270043/74/9"> w89 9/15 6-7;</a></p> <p id="p77" data-pid="77" class="sx"></p> <p id="p99" data-pid="99" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/97/0">g78 4/8 27-28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/97/2"> yy 185;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/97/4"> w73 465;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/97/6"> w71 478;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/97/8"> te 189-190;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020043/97/10"> w66 677;</a><span class="ni"> w39 154;</span><span class="ni"> w38 69,</span><span class="ni"> 372;</span><span class="ni"> w37 203;</span><span class="ni"> en 127;</span><span class="ni"> ch 152</span></p> <p id="p100" data-pid="100" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div> </div> <div id="studyParallel" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section"> <h3 class="title">Parallel Translations</h3> <div class="helpText">Click a verse number to display parallel Bible verses.</div> <div class="parallel"> <div class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div> <div class="extract"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="studyMarginals" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section marginalsGeneral"><h3 class="title"><span class="sectionIcon"></span><span class="scalableui">General</span></h3><div class="content categorizedMarginal"><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/77/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-78-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:1</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 7:50, 51; 19:39</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-78-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-78-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/78/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-79-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:2</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 12:42</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-79-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-79-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/79/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-80-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:2</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 1:38</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-80-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-80-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/80/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-81-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:2</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 2:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-81-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-81-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/81/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-82-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:2</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 7:28, 29; Joh 7:46; 14:11; Ac 2:22; 10:38</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-82-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-82-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/82/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-83-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:3</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 1:12, 13; 1Pe 1:3, 23; 1Jo 3:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-83-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-83-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/83/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-84-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:3</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 15:50</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-84-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-84-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/84/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-85-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:5</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 28:19; Ac 8:36; 10:47</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-85-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-85-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/85/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-86-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:5</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 3:11; Joh 1:33; Ac 1:5; 10:45; 11:16; 19:5, 6; 1Co 12:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-86-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-86-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/86/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-87-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:7</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Pe 1:3, 23</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-87-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-87-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/87/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-88-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:8</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 8:14, 16</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-88-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-88-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/88/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-89-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:11</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 8:26</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-89-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-89-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/89/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-90-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:11</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 3:32</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-90-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-90-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/90/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-91-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:12</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Lu 22:66, 67; 1Co 2:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-91-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-91-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/91/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-92-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:13</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 2:34; Heb 9:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-92-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-92-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/92/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-93-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:13</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 6:38; 8:23, 42; 1Co 15:47; Eph 4:8-10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-93-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-93-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/93/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-94-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:14</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Nu 21:8, 9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-94-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-94-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/94/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-95-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:14</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 8:28; Ga 3:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-95-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-95-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/95/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-96-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:15</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 3:36; 20:31</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-96-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-96-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/96/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-97-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:16</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 22:2, 16; Joh 1:14; Ro 5:8; 8:32; 1Jo 4:9, 10, 19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-97-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-97-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/97/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-98-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:16</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 133:3; Joh 6:40; 17:3; 20:31; Ro 6:23; 2Ti 3:15; 1Jo 2:25; 5:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-98-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-98-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/98/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-99-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:17</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Lu 19:10; Joh 12:47; 1Co 15:22; 2Co 5:18, 19; 1Ti 1:15; 1Jo 2:1, 2; 4:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-99-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-99-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/100/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-101-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:18</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 10:33; Heb 10:29</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-101-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-101-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/99/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-100-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:18</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 5:24; Ro 8:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-100-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-100-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/101/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-102-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:19</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 1:9; 8:12; 9:5; 12:46, 48</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-102-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-102-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/102/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-103-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:19</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Job 24:13-17; Isa 5:20; 1Jo 2:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-103-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-103-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/103/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-104-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:21</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 12:36, 46; 1Jo 1:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-104-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-104-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/104/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-105-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:22</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 4:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-105-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-105-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/105/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-106-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:23</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mr 1:10; Ac 8:38</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-106-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-106-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/106/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-107-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:23</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 3:1, 5, 6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-107-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-107-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/107/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-108-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:24</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 14:3; Lu 3:19, 20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-108-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-108-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/108/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-109-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:26</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 1:6, 7, 33, 34</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-109-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-109-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/109/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-110-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:28</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 1:19, 20; Ac 13:25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-110-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-110-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/110/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-111-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:28</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mal 3:1; Mt 11:7, 10; Lu 1:13, 17; Joh 1:8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-111-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-111-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/111/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-112-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:29</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 22:2; 2Co 11:2; Eph 5:25; Re 21:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-112-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-112-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/112/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-113-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:30</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 4:1, 2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-113-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-113-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/113/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-114-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:31</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 8:23</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-114-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-114-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/114/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-115-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:31</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 3:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-115-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-115-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/115/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-116-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:32</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 8:26; 15:15</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-116-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-116-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/116/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-117-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:32</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 1:11; 3:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-117-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-117-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/117/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-118-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:33</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Jo 5:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-118-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-118-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/118/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-119-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:34</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 7:16; 8:28; 12:49, 50; 14:10, 24</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-119-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-119-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/119/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-120-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:35</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 5:20; 15:9, 10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-120-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-120-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/120/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-121-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:35</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 11:27; Lu 10:22</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-121-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-121-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/121/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-122-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:36</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 3:16; 6:47; Ro 1:17; Heb 5:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-122-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-122-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/43/3/122/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-123-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">John 3:36</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Th 1:7, 8; 1Jo 5:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-123-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-123-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div 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Nic·o·deʹmus,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/77" data-bid="78-1" class="b">+</a> a ruler of the Jews. </span><span id="v43-3-2-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26226" class="vl vx vp">2 </a>This one came to him in the night<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/78" data-bid="79-1" class="b">+</a> and said to him: “Rabbi,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/79" data-bid="80-1" class="b">+</a> we know that you have come from God as a teacher, for no one can perform these signs<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/80" data-bid="81-1" class="b">+</a> that you perform unless God is with him.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/81" data-bid="82-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v43-3-3-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26227" class="vl vx vp study">3 </a>In response Jesus said to him: “Most truly I say to you, unless anyone is born again,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/82" data-bid="83-1" class="b">+</a> he cannot see the Kingdom of God.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/83" data-bid="84-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v43-3-4-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26228" class="vl vx vp">4 </a>Nic·o·deʹmus said to him: “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter into the womb of his mother a second time and be born, can he?” </span><span id="v43-3-5-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26229" class="vl vx vp study">5 </a>Jesus answered: “Most truly I say to you, unless anyone is born from water<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/84" data-bid="85-1" class="b">+</a> and spirit,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/85" data-bid="86-1" class="b">+</a> he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. </span><span id="v43-3-6-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26230" class="vl vx vp study">6 </a>What has been born from the flesh is flesh, and what has been born from the spirit is spirit. </span><span id="v43-3-7-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26231" class="vl vx vp">7 </a>Do not be amazed because I told you: You people must be born again.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/86" data-bid="87-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v43-3-8-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26232" class="vl vx vp study">8 </a>The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So it is with everyone who has been born from the spirit.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/87" data-bid="88-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p18" data-pid="18" class="sb"><span id="v43-3-9-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26233" class="vl vp">9 </a>In answer Nic·o·deʹmus said to him: “How can these things be?” </span><span id="v43-3-10-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26234" class="vl vx vp">10 </a>Jesus replied: “Are you a teacher of Israel and yet do not know these things? </span><span id="v43-3-11-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26235" class="vl vp">11 </a>Most truly I say to you, what we know we speak, and what we have seen we bear witness to,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/88" data-bid="89-1" class="b">+</a> but you do not receive the witness we give.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/89" data-bid="90-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v43-3-12-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26236" class="vl vx vp">12 </a>If I have told you earthly things and you still do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/90" data-bid="91-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v43-3-13-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26237" class="vl vx vp study">13 </a>Moreover, no man has ascended into heaven<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/91" data-bid="92-1" class="b">+</a> but the one who descended from heaven,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/92" data-bid="93-1" class="b">+</a> the Son of man. </span><span id="v43-3-14-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26238" class="vl vx vp study">14 </a>And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/93" data-bid="94-1" class="b">+</a> so the Son of man must be lifted up,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/94" data-bid="95-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v43-3-15-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26239" class="vl vx vp">15 </a>so that everyone believing in him may have everlasting life.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/95" data-bid="96-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p19" data-pid="19" class="sb"><span id="v43-3-16-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26240" class="vl vx vp study">16 </a>“For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/96" data-bid="97-1" class="b">+</a> so that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/97" data-bid="98-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v43-3-17-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26241" class="vl vx vp study">17 </a>For God did not send his Son into the world for him to judge the world, but for the world to be saved through him.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/98" data-bid="99-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v43-3-18-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26242" class="vl vx vp study">18 </a>Whoever exercises faith in him is not to be judged.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/99" data-bid="100-1" class="b">+</a> Whoever does not exercise faith has been judged already, because he has not exercised faith in the name of the only-begotten Son of God.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/100" data-bid="101-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v43-3-19-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26243" class="vl vx vp study">19 </a>Now this is the basis for judgment: that the light has come into the world,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/101" data-bid="102-1" class="b">+</a> but men<a id="footnotesource4" data-fnid="4" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070147/3">*</a> have loved the darkness rather than the light, for their works were wicked.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/102" data-bid="103-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v43-3-20-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26244" class="vl vx vp">20 </a>For whoever practices vile things hates the light and does not come to the light, so that his works may not be reproved.<a id="footnotesource5" data-fnid="5" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070147/4">*</a> </span><span id="v43-3-21-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26245" class="vl vx vp">21 </a>But whoever does what is true comes to the light,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/103" data-bid="104-1" class="b">+</a> so that his works may be made manifest as having been done in harmony with God.”</span></p> <p id="p20" data-pid="20" class="sb"><span id="v43-3-22-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26246" class="vl vx vp study">22 </a>After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Ju·deʹan countryside, and there he spent some time with them and was baptizing.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/104" data-bid="105-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v43-3-23-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26247" class="vl vx vp study">23 </a>But John too was baptizing in Aeʹnon near Saʹlim, because there was a great quantity of water there,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/105" data-bid="106-1" class="b">+</a> and people kept coming and were being baptized;<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/106" data-bid="107-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v43-3-24-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26248" class="vl vp">24 </a>for John had not yet been thrown into prison.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/107" data-bid="108-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p21" data-pid="21" class="sb"><span id="v43-3-25-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26249" class="vl vx vp">25 </a>Now the disciples of John had a dispute with a Jew concerning purification. </span><span id="v43-3-26-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26250" class="vl vx vp study">26 </a>So they came to John and said to him: “Rabbi, the man who was with you across the Jordan, about whom you bore witness,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/108" data-bid="109-1" class="b">+</a> see, this one is baptizing, and all are going to him.” </span><span id="v43-3-27-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26251" class="vl vp">27 </a>In answer John said: “A man cannot receive a single thing unless it has been given him from heaven. </span><span id="v43-3-28-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26252" class="vl vx vp">28 </a>You yourselves bear me witness that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/109" data-bid="110-1" class="b">+</a> but I have been sent ahead of that one.’<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/110" data-bid="111-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v43-3-29-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26253" class="vl vx vp study">29 </a>Whoever has the bride is the bridegroom.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/111" data-bid="112-1" class="b">+</a> But the friend of the bridegroom, when he stands and hears him, has a great deal of joy on account of the voice of the bridegroom. So my joy has been made complete. </span><span id="v43-3-30-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26254" class="vl vx vp">30 </a>That one must keep on increasing, but I must keep on decreasing.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/112" data-bid="113-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p22" data-pid="22" class="sb"><span id="v43-3-31-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26255" class="vl vx vp study">31 </a>The one who comes from above<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/113" data-bid="114-1" class="b">+</a> is over all others.<a id="footnotesource6" data-fnid="6" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070147/5">*</a> The one who is from the earth is from the earth and speaks of things of the earth. The one who comes from heaven is over all others.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/114" data-bid="115-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v43-3-32-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26256" class="vl vx vp">32 </a>He bears witness to what he has seen and heard,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/115" data-bid="116-1" class="b">+</a> but no man accepts his witness.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/116" data-bid="117-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v43-3-33-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26257" class="vl vx vp study">33 </a>Whoever has accepted his witness has put his seal to it that God is true.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/117" data-bid="118-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v43-3-34-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26258" class="vl vp">34 </a>For the one whom God sent speaks the sayings of God,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/118" data-bid="119-1" class="b">+</a> for He does not give the spirit sparingly.<a id="footnotesource7" data-fnid="7" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070147/6">*</a> </span><span id="v43-3-35-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26259" class="vl vx vp">35 </a>The Father loves the Son<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/119" data-bid="120-1" class="b">+</a> and has given all things into his hand.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/120" data-bid="121-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v43-3-36-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070147/26260" class="vl vx vp study">36 </a>The one who exercises faith in the Son has everlasting life;<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/121" data-bid="122-1" class="b">+</a> the one who disobeys the Son will not see life,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/122" data-bid="123-1" class="b">+</a> but the wrath of God remains upon him.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070147/123" data-bid="124-1" class="b">+</a></span></p>  <div class="pswp" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-hidden="true"> 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