Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Nicodème lui dit: Comment un homme peut-il naître quand il est vieux? Peut-il rentrer dans le sein de sa mère et naître?
KJV
Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
Origen
Commentarium In Evangelium Matthaei (Lib. 12-17)
ignis est mens« cum autem consumpta fuerint ab 3 Ps. 81, – 10 Hos. 5, 14 — 12 Hos 13. 8 — 22 Vgl. I. Joh. 3, 2 – 23 Deut. 4, 24: oft von Orig. zitiert, Ζ. B. I, 283, 4ff. II, 142, 4ff. III 138, 20 – 27 Vgl. Deut. 4, 24 3 > Diehl Kl Koe vgl. lat. 5 τὸ] τὼ Η a 14 — 16 παύσεται — ἀπ…
Origen
Commentarium In Evangelium Matthaei (Lib. 12-17)
ίσκον« ἐκεῖνα· ἐπὰν δέ ἀναλωθῇ ὑπὸ τοῦ κατανα- 3 Ps. 81, – 10 Hos. 5, 14 — 12 Hos 13. 8 — 22 Vgl. I. Joh. 3, 2 – 23 Deut. 4, 24: oft von Orig. zitiert, Ζ. B. I, 283, 4ff. II, 142, 4ff. III 138, 20 – 27 Vgl. Deut. 4, 24 3 > Diehl Kl Koe vgl. lat. 5 τὸ] τὼ Η a 14 — 16 παύσεται — ἀπ…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
erefore Baptism cannot be reiterated, just as neither can carnal generation. Hence Augustine says on Jn. 3:4 : "'Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born again': So thou," says he, "must understand the birth of the Spirit, as Nicodemus understood the birth of…
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