John 3:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Nicodemus said to him, “How can this be?”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Nicodemus answered by asking, How can all this be possible?

American Standard Version (1901)

Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

Common English Bible

Nicodemus said, “How are these things possible?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Nicodemus responded and said to him, "How are these things able to be accomplished?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Nicodemus answered, and said to him: How can these things be done?

John 3:9 Cross References

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

Isaiah 42:16

And I will lead the blind in a way that they know not, in paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I will do, and I will not forsake them.

Luke 1:34

And Mary said to the angel, “How shall this be, since I have no husband?”

John 3:10

Jesus answered him, “Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand this?

John 3:4

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?”

John 3:8

The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes; so it is with every one who is born of the Spirit.”

John 6:52

The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

John 6:60

Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?”