"Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”"Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?”" John 3:3-4 (English Standard Version)
Nicodemus was not alone.
All through the Gospel of John, people had continually misunderstood Jesus. There is a wonderful binary opposition that occurs in the book where Jesus is talking on a vertical level between earth and heaven, and everyone else was thinking on a horizontal view from man to man. That is, Jesus is talking about spiritual things, and the followers are thinking about earthly things.More Here...
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