John 3:5

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.

John 4:46

Healing the Royal Official’s Son

4:46 Now he came again to Cana ³  in Galilee where he had made the water wine. ⁴  In ⁵  Capernaum ⁶  there was a certain royal official ⁷  whose son was sick.

John 5:7

5:7 The sick man answered him, “Sir, ⁸  I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get into the water, ⁹  someone else ¹⁰  goes down there ¹¹  before me.”

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 map For location see Map1-C3; Map2-D2; Map3-C5.

⁴ sn See John 2:1-11.

⁵ tn Grk “And in.”

⁶ sn Capernaum was a town on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, 680 ft (204 m) below sea level. It was a major trade and economic center in the North Galilean region.

⁷ tn Although βασιλικός (basiliko") has often been translated “nobleman” it is almost certainly refers here to a servant of Herod, tetrarch of Galilee (who in the NT is called a king, Matt 14:9, Mark 6:14-29). Capernaum was a border town, so doubtless there were many administrative officials in residence there.

⁵ tn Or “Lord.” The Greek κύριος (kurios) means both “Sir” and “Lord.” In this passage the paralytic who was healed by Jesus never acknowledges Jesus as Lord – he rather reports Jesus to the authorities.

⁶ tn Grk “while I am going.”

⁷ tn Grk “another.”

⁸ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text but is implied.