John 3:8

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“The windThe same Greek word (pneuma) means wind, breath, and spirit. blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don’t know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.””

— WEB

“The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.”

— KJV

“The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.”

— ASV

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Ecclesiastes 11:4-5 "He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap."
1 Corinthians 2:11 "For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God, exce…"
Acts 2:2 "Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting."
Ezekiel 37:9 "Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and tell the wind, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Come from the four winds…"
1 John 2:29 "If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him."
Mark 4:26-29 "He said, “God’s Kingdom is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,"
Acts 4:31 "When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke t…"
John 1:13 "who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God."

Commentary

The wind, &c.--Breath and spirit (one word both in Hebrew and Greek) are constantly brought together in Scripture as analogous (Job 27:3; Job 33:4; Eze 37:9-14). canst not tell, &c.--The laws which govern the motion of the winds are even yet but partially discovered; but the risings, failings, and change in direction many times in a day, of those gentle breezes here referred to, will probably ever be a mystery to us: So of the operation of the Holy Ghost in the new birth.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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