Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is nborn oagain2 he cannot psee the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born qof water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 rThat which is born of the flesh is sflesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.3
Why didn’t Jesus say, that which is born a flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the water and of the spirit, is spirit?
In other words, why did he not mention being born of water in this verse?
Atleast one response may be, he didn’t need to, it’s part of a sprint birth…
Why the need to in
Jn. 3:5 then?
I believe in the teaching and obedience to Jesus name water baptism…can quote every NT verse of such….but I’m not convinced birth of water, is water baptism here.
It is however called a burial, quite different t than birth, in
Rom. 6:4.