John 11:42

11:42 I knew that you always listen to me, ¹  but I said this ²  for the sake of the crowd standing around here, that they may believe that you sent me.”

John 3:8

3:8 The wind ³  blows wherever it will, and you hear the sound it makes, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” ⁴ 

¹ tn Grk “that you always hear me.”

² tn The word “this” is not in the Greek text. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context.

³ tn The same Greek word, πνεύματος (pneumatos), may be translated “wind” or “spirit.”

⁴ sn Again, the physical illustrates the spiritual, although the force is heightened by the word-play here on wind-spirit (see the note on wind at the beginning of this verse). By the end of the verse, however, the final usage of πνεύματος (pneumatos) refers to the Holy Spirit.