Day 3 of 21
John 3
Jesus tells Nicodemus that one must be born again of water and the Spirit, declaring God's love in giving his Son for the world's salvation.
A Pharisee's night visit occasions Jesus' fullest early teaching on regeneration, faith, and judgment.
“He had said above that, when He was at Jerusalem many believed in His Name, when they saw the miracles which He did. Of this number was Nicodemus, of whom we are told; There was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.”
“His rank is given, A ruler of the Jews; and then what he did, This man came to Jesus by night: hoping, that is, by so secret an interview, to learn more of the mysteries of the faith; the late public miracles having given him an elementary knowledge of them.”
Catena Aurea · St. Thomas Aquinas, tr. J. H. Newman · public domain
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