But he that descended out of heaven (ε μη ο εκ του ουρανου καταβας). The Incarnation of the Pre-existent Son of God who was in hea…

And no man has ascended into heaven. No man, therefore, is qualified to speak of heavenly things (John 3:12). To speak of thos…

And no man hath ascended up.—There can be no other means of receiving heavenly truth. No man has learned it, and is able …

And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

Now Nicodemus mus…

St. Augustine of Hippo: After noting this lack of knowledge in a person who, on the strength of his teaching position, set himse…

The “earthly things” (GK 2103) Jesus alluded to were probably the phenomena he used for illustrations, such as the wind. If Nicodemus was unable to…

No one has ascended to heaven. He again exhorts Nicodemus not to trust in himself and his own sagacity, because no mortal man can, by his …

And no man has ascended into heaven
Though Enoch and Elias had, yet not by their own power, nor in the sense our Lor…

1. Above, in His instruction on spiritual generation, the Lord presented a reason; here He gives an example. For we see that Nicodemus was t…