The wind (το πνευμα). In Greek πνευμα means either wind or spirit as spiritus does in Latin (so also in Hebrew and Syriac).…

The wind bloweth, etc. Nicodemus had objected to the doctrine because he did not understand how it could be. Jesus shows him that…

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof.—Better (see Note below), the Spirit breathes w…

Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not t…

St. John Chrysostom: Nicodemus, coming to Jesus as to a man, is startled to learn things greater than a man could utter, thing…

Jesus asserted that the entrance into the kingdom of God that Nicodemus desired could not be achieved by legalism or outward conformity. It require…

The wind blows where it pleases. This is not to say, strictly speaking, that there is will in the blowing, but because its moveme…

The wind blows where it lists;
For ought any mortal can say, or do to the contrary: and so the Spirit of God is a fr…

Nicodemus was afraid, or ashamed to be seen with Christ, and therefore came in the night. When religion is out of fashion, there are many Nicodemit…

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…