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Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. [6] Nicodemus became a convert after the evening's conversation.
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. [8] Spurgeon speaks of the expression "Verily, verily" as "the peculiar idiom of our Lord Jesus Christ". [1] The Greek wording is αμην αμην, amēn, amēn. [9]
Christ's discourse with Nicodemus. Jesus' discourse with Nicodemus is related in John 3:1–21, [1] but not in the synoptic gospels. [2] For fear of the Jewish authorities a ruler in Israel, Nicodemus, one of the Pharisees, comes by night to see Jesus. Jesus explains to him that to enter the Kingdom of God, he must be born again of water and of ...
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God — John 3:5 RSV Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her by the washing of water with the word , that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing ...
Rusalka a type of water spirit connected to floods and death. Vodyanoy, a water spirit often drowning people and collecting their souls. Bolotnik, a dangerous spirit of muddy waters and swamps. Topielec and utopce, spirits of people who were killed by Topielec (or who died drowning) and who now stay in the body of water where they died.
Modern Catholic interpreters have noted that the phrase 'born from above' or 'born again' [33] is clarified as 'being born of water and Spirit'. [34] Catholic commentator John F. McHugh notes, "Rebirth, and the commencement of this new life, are said to come about ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ πνεύματος, of water and spirit. This phrase ...
Water, the sea, mermaids, the moon, markets, divination, healing, luck, money, music. Mami Wata (also Mamba Muntu, Water Mother, La Sirene, Mama Glo, Mama de Agua and Watramama) is a water spirit venerated in West, Central, and Southern Africa and in the Afro-American diaspora. [ 2] Mami Wata spirits are usually female but are sometimes male.
The primacy of water gods is reminiscent of, and may even have been influenced by, ancient Near Eastern mythology - where Tiamat (salt water) and Apsu (fresh water) are the first gods of the Enuma Elish, and where the Spirit of God is said to have "hovered over the waters" in Genesis. Pontus is the primordial deity of the sea.