John 3:12
“If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And no man hath ascended into heaven,.... Though Enoch and Elias had, yet not by their own power, nor in the sense our…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
If I have told you earthly things - Things which occur on earth. Not sensual or worldly things, for Jesus had said…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
If I have told you earthly things - If, after I have illustrated this new birth by a most expressive metaphor taken from…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714John 3:1-21
We found, in the close of the foregoing chapter, that few were brought to Christ at Jerusalem; yet here was one, a…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
earthly things Things which take place on earth, even though originating in heaven, e.g. the -new birth," which though…
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