Aantekeningen bij de Bijbel: Johannes 3:5

Johannes 3:5

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, [], Whether Baptism was instituted after Christ's Passion?

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, [], Whether Christ should have been baptized in the Jordan?

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, [], Whether God alone is the cause of grace?

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, [], Whether Scripture uses suitable words to express the work of the six days?
Vertaling Bijbel, Kanttekeningen SV, [], Jezus antwoordde: [7]Voorwaar, voorwaar zeg Ik u: Zo iemand niet geboren wordt uit [8]water en Geest, hij kan in het Koninkrijk Gods niet ingaan.
7. Grieks Amen, Amen. Zie van dit woord Matth.6:13.
8. Dat is, door de kracht des Heiligen Geestes niet gereinigd
wordt van de zonde, gelijk de uiterlijke onreinigheden door water
afgewassen worden, Ezech.36:25. Zie dergelijke manier van spreken,
Matth.3:11.

Tijdschrift, Biblical Studies on the Web, [], Karl Olav SANDNES, Whence and Whither. A Narrative Perspective on Birth a!nwqen (John 3,3-8) , Vol. 86(2005) 153-173.
In John 3 birth a!nwqen is illustrated by the wind. Its effect can be experienced without knowledge of from whence it comes and whither it goes. This analogy asserts both the reality and the mysterious nature of the wind. John 3,8 is, however, not exhausted by this analogy. John 3,3-8 belongs within an epistemological pattern found throughout this Gospel: like is known by like. The mysterious and enigmatic nature of Jesus' identity sheds light on the "whence and whither" of John 3,8. Christology thus becomes a key to understand the mysterious nature of faith.