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To Penetrate, to See
The Gospel of John tells the story of Nicodemus, a Pharisee, who goes out at night to speak with Jesus. "Rabbi," he says, "we know you are a teacher come from God, for no one can work the signs that you work unless God is with him" (3:2). Jesus' answer seems to come out of nowhere, with no direct relation to Nicodemus 's statement "Amen, amen I say to you, unless a man is bom again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
Nicodemus affirms Jesus as a great teacher, then Jesus responds with vague references to seeing and being bom. What's going on? When the reader, however, plugs in the setting of the narrative, a pattern begins to emerge: Nicodemus comes out at night, meaning, simply, that he is in th...See the full content of this document
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