Monday, May 23, 2011

 

from John 3

The footnotes in my ESV Bible tell me that the "same Greek word means both wind and spirit" and that the word commonly rendered "again" can also mean "from above." So here's a slightly different translation of the first part of John chapter 3:

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to him by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him." Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born from above he cannot see the kingdom of God." 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?" Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the wind, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, but that which is born of the wind is wind. Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born from above.' The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it come from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the wind."
Of course that's a bit of a misrepresentation, too. We could substitute wind/spirit at every occurrence to get more of what the Greek feel is. But when I looked at this, it felt new and powerful, so I wanted to capture it.



Comments:
You write beautifully. You should do so more often.
 
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