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NASB | John 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:3 Jesus answered him, "I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless a person is born again [reborn from above--spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified], he cannot [ever] see and experience the kingdom of God." |
Subject: What does "born again" mean to a Jew? |
Bible Note: Over 30 years ago I heard a tape from someone with Jews for Jesus who taught this:A male is born first, then born again when he is bar mitphazed (sp?), when he finished his schooling, when he becomes the head of a rabbical school and when he is married. The speaker did not cite his source. This does not infer reincarnation at all. Strongs Corcordance give these mening for the biblical useage of born: 1) of men who fathered children a) to be born b) to be begotten 1) of women giving birth to children 2) metaph. a) to engender, cause to arise, excite b) in a Jewish sense, of one who brings others over to his way of life, to convert someone c) of God making Christ his son d) of God making men his sons through faith in Christ's work |