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John 3 — Sermon Preparation
Jesus's night conversation with Nicodemus on being born again and eternal life, followed by John the Baptist's final testimony. Below is a research summary for John 3, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
John 3 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| γεννάω | gennáō | G1080 | 8 | bear, beget, be born, bring forth |
| πιστεύω | pisteúō | G4100 | 8 | believe, commit, put in trust with |
| υἱός | huiós | G5207 | 8 | child, foal, son |
| δύναμαι | dýnamai | G1410 | 7 | be able, can, could, may |
| φῶς | phōs | G5457 | 5 | fire, light |
| πνεῦμα | pneûma | G4151 | 6 | ghost, life, spirit, mind |
| κόσμος | kósmos | G2889 | 5 | adorning, world |
How preachers through history handled this text
46 public-domain excerpts on John 3, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Nicodemus was afraid, or ashamed to be seen with Christ, therefore came in the night. When religion is out of fashion, there are many Nicodemites. But though he came by night, Jesus bid him welcome, and hereby taught us to encourage good beginnings, although weak. And though now he came by night, yet afterward he owned Christ publicly. He did not talk with Christ about state affairs, though he was a ruler, but about the concerns of his own soul and its salvation, and went at once to them. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on John 3:1–21 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— John 3:22
- Judea 1— John 3:22
- Aenon— John 3:23
- Salim— John 3:23
- Jordan— John 3:26
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