3:5 Jesus answered, “I tell you the solemn truth, 1 unless a person is born of water and spirit, 2 he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
1 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”
2 tn Or “born of water and wind” (the same Greek word, πνεύματος [pneumatos], may be translated either “spirit/Spirit” or “wind”).
3 tn Grk “they were seeking Jesus.”
4 tn Grk “in the temple.”
5 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”
6 tn Or “receives,” and so throughout this verse.
7 sn The one who sent me refers to God.