John 3:8

3:8 The wind ¹  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.” ² 

John 3:29

3:29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly ³  when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete. ⁴ 

¹ tn The same Greek word, πνεύματος (pneumatos), may be translated “wind” or “spirit.”

² 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.

³ tn Grk “rejoices with joy” (an idiom).

⁴ tn Grk “Therefore this my joy is fulfilled.”