1 Beše pak čovek među farisejima, po imenu Nikodim, knez jevrejski. 2 Ovaj dođe k Isusu noću i reče Mu: Ravi! Znamo da si ti učitelj od Boga došao; jer niko ne može čudesa ovih činiti koja ti činiš ako nije Bog s njim. 3 Odgovori Isus i reče mu: Zaista, zaista ti kažem: ako se ko nanovo ne rodi, ne može videti carstvo Božije. 4 Reče Nikodim Njemu: Kako se može čovek roditi kad je star? Eda li može po drugi put ući u utrobu matere svoje i roditi se? 5 Odgovori Isus: Zaista, zaista ti kažem: ako se ko ne rodi vodom i Duhom, ne može ući u carstvo Božije. 6 Šta je rođeno od tela, telo je; a šta je rođeno od Duha, duh je. 7 Ne čudi se što ti rekoh; valja vam se nanovo roditi. 8 Duh diše gde hoće, i glas njegov čuješ, a ne znaš otkuda dolazi i kuda ide; tako je svaki čovek koji je rođen od Duha. 9 Odgovori Nikodim i reče Mu: Kako može to biti? 10 Isus odgovori i reče mu: Ti si učitelj Izrailjev, i to li ne znaš? 11 Zaista, zaista ti kažem da mi govorimo šta znamo, i svedočimo šta videsmo, i svedočanstvo naše ne primate. 12 Kad vam kazah zemaljsko pa ne verujete, kako ćete verovati ako vam kažem nebesko? 13 I niko se ne pope na nebo osim koji siđe s neba, Sin čovečiji koji je na nebu. 14 I kao što Mojsije podiže zmiju u pustinji, tako treba Sin čovečiji da se podigne. 15 Da nijedan koji Ga veruje ne pogine, nego da ima život večni: 16 Jer Bogu tako omile svet da je i Sina svog Jedinorodnog dao, da nijedan koji Ga veruje ne pogine, nego da ima život večni. 17 Jer Bog ne posla Sina svog na svet da sudi svetu, nego da se svet spase kroza Nj. 18 Koji Njega veruje ne sudi mu se, a koji ne veruje već je osuđen, jer ne verova u ime Jedinorodnog Sina Božijeg. 19 A sud je ovaj što videlo dođe na svet, i ljudima omile većma tama negoli videlo; jer njihova dela behu zla. 20 Jer svaki koji zlo čini mrzi na na videlo i ne ide k videlu da ne pokaraju dela njegova, jer su zla. 21 A ko istinu čini ide k videlu, da se vide dela njegova, jer su u Bogu učinjena. 22 A potom dođe Isus i učenici Njegovi u judejsku zemlju, i onde življaše s njima i krštavaše. 23 A Jovan krštavaše u Enonu blizu Salima, jer onde beše mnogo vode; i dolažahu te ih krštavaše. 24 Jer još ne beše Jovan bačen u tamnicu. 25 Tada postade raspra među učenicima Jovanovim i Jevrejima oko čišćenja. 26 I dođoše k Jovanu i rekoše mu: Ravi! Onaj što beše s tobom preko Jordana, za koga si ti svedočio, evo on krštava, i svi idu k njemu. 27 Jovan odgovori i reče: Ne može čovek ništa primiti ako mu ne bude dano s neba. 28 Vi sami meni svedočite da rekoh: Ja nisam Hristos, nego sam poslan pred Njim. 29 Ko ima nevestu ženik je, a prijatelj ženikov stoji i sluša ga, i radošću raduje se glasu ženikovom. Ova dakle radost moja ispuni se. 30 Onaj treba da raste, a ja da se umanjujem. 31 Koji odozgo dolazi nad svima je; koji je sa zemlje od zemlje je, i govori od zemlje; koji dolazi s neba nad svima je. 32 I šta vide i ču ono svedoči; i svedočanstvo Njegovo niko ne prima. 33 Koji primi Njegovo svedočanstvo, potvrdi da je Bog istinit. 34 Jer koga Bog posla, onaj reči Božije govori: jer Bog Duha ne daje na meru. 35 Jer Otac ljubi Sina, i sve dade u ruke Njegove. 36 Ko veruje Sina, ima život večni; a ko ne veruje Sina, neće videti život, nego gnev Božji ostaje na njemu.
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- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
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Nicodemus
A Pharisee and leader of the Jews who came to Jesus at night, later asked the council to hear Jesus before judging him, and brought myrrh and aloes of about seventy-five pounds…
Cited in the guide: John 3:1; John 7:50; John 19:39
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- 1 John 19:39; John 3:10; John 7:47–50; Luke 23:13
- 2 John 5:36; Acts 10:38; Acts 2:22; John 9:30–33; John 9:16
- 3 2 Corinthians 5:17; John 3:5–6; 1 Peter 1:23–25; 1 John 3:9; 1 John 5:1
- 4 1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 Corinthians 1:18; John 4:11–12; John 3:3; John 6:53
- 5 Ezekiel 36:25–27; Ephesians 5:26; Acts 2:38; 1 Peter 3:21; 1 Corinthians 6:11
- 6 Galatians 5:16–21; Ezekiel 36:26–27; Romans 8:4–9; 2 Corinthians 5:17; 1 Corinthians 15:47–50
- 7 Ephesians 4:22–24; John 3:3; Romans 12:1–2; 1 Peter 1:22; John 3:12
- 8 Ecclesiastes 11:4–5; 1 Corinthians 2:11; Acts 2:2; Ezekiel 37:9; 1 John 2:29
- 9 Isaiah 42:16; John 6:52; John 6:60; Luke 1:34; John 3:4
- 10 Matthew 22:29; Jeremiah 8:8–9; Ezekiel 11:19; Matthew 15:14; Ezekiel 36:25–27
- 11 John 8:38; 1 John 5:6–12; John 12:49; John 8:14; John 1:18
- 12 1 Corinthians 3:1–2; 1 Corinthians 2:7–9; Hebrews 5:11; John 3:31–36; 1 Peter 2:1–3
- 13 Proverbs 30:4; John 6:38; Acts 2:34; John 1:18; 1 Corinthians 15:47
- 14 Numbers 21:7–9; John 8:28; John 12:32–34; Luke 24:26–27; Luke 24:44–46
- 15 John 3:16; John 6:40; 1 John 5:11–13; John 3:36; John 12:44–46
- 16 Romans 5:8; 1 John 4:9–10; Romans 8:32; John 3:15; John 11:25–26
- 17 1 John 4:14; Luke 19:10; John 12:47–48; John 6:57; John 6:40
- 18 1 John 5:10; Mark 16:16; Romans 8:1; John 5:24; 1 John 5:12
- 19 John 8:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:12; John 9:39–41; Romans 2:8; John 12:43
- 20 Ephesians 5:11–13; John 7:7; Job 24:13–17; Proverbs 1:29; Proverbs 4:18
- 21 1 John 1:6; Psalm 139:23–24; 3 John 11; Ephesians 5:9; Philippians 2:13
- 22 John 4:1–3; John 3:26; John 7:3
- 23 Mark 1:4–5; Luke 3:7; Ezekiel 43:2; 1 Samuel 9:4; Matthew 3:5–6
- 24 Matthew 4:12; Matthew 14:3; Mark 6:17; Luke 3:19–20; Luke 9:7–9
- 25 John 2:6; Matthew 3:11; Hebrews 6:2; Hebrews 9:10; Hebrews 9:23
- 26 John 1:7; James 3:14–18; John 1:15; Galatians 6:12–13; John 12:19
- 27 James 1:17; 1 Corinthians 4:7; 1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Peter 4:10–11; Amos 7:15
- 28 John 1:20; John 1:23; Luke 1:16–17; Matthew 3:11–12; Malachi 3:1
- 29 Ephesians 5:25–27; Isaiah 54:5; Hosea 2:19; Matthew 9:15; Ezekiel 16:8
- 30 Colossians 1:18; Psalm 72:17–19; Hebrews 3:2–6; Isaiah 9:7; 1 Corinthians 3:5
- 31 Matthew 28:18; John 8:23; Romans 9:5; John 6:33; 1 John 4:5
- 32 John 3:11; John 15:15; John 1:11; John 8:26; John 5:20
- 33 Ephesians 1:13; Hebrews 6:17; Titus 1:1–2; 2 Corinthians 1:18; Romans 3:3–4
- 34 Acts 10:38; Matthew 12:18; John 15:26; John 5:26; Isaiah 11:2–5
- 35 Matthew 28:18; John 5:20; Luke 10:22; John 5:22; John 17:2
- 36 John 5:24; John 1:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:9; Ephesians 5:6; John 3:15–16
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We observe, beloved, that the intimation with which we yesterday excited your attention has brought you together with more alacrity, and in greater number than usual; but meanwhile let us, if you please, pay our debt of a discourse on the Gospel Lesson, which comes in due course.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
Little children who go daily to their teachers receive their lessons, and repeat them, and never cease from this kind of acquisition, but sometimes employ nights as well as days, and this they are compelled to do for perishable and transient things.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)
For Christ also said, "Except ye be born again, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven." Now, that it is impossible for those who have once been born to enter into their mothers' wombs, is manifest to all.
… that men can be saved in no other way from the old wound of the serpent than by believing in Him who, in the likeness of sinful flesh, is lifted up from the earth upon the tree of martyrdom, and draws all things to Himself, and vivifies the dead.
These I directed, O sweet Truth, to Thy inward melody, pondering on the "fair and fit," and longing to stay and listen to Thee, and to rejoice greatly at the Bridegroom's voice, and I could not; for by the voices of my own errors was I driven forth, and by the weight of my own pride was I sinking into …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)