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King James Version

John 3:10

Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blindness;   Jesus, the Christ;   Life;   Minister, Christian;   Mysteries;   Nicodemus;   Salvation;   Scriptures;   Thompson Chain Reference - Experience (Knowledge Experimental);   Knowledge;   Knowledge, Experimental;   Knowledge-Ignorance;   Nicodemus;   The Topic Concordance - Unbelief;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ignorance of God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Nicodemus;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Education;   John, gospel of;   Nicodemus;   Teacher;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Disciple, Discipleship;   Salvation;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Episcopacy;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Nicodemus;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jesus Christ;   Nicodemus;   Proselytes;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Holy Spirit;   Nicodemus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gospels;   Holy Spirit;   John, Gospel of;   John, Theology of;   Light;   Mss;   Nicodemus;   Scribes;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Benedictus;   Discourse;   Doctor (2);   Elect, Election ;   Holy Spirit;   Individuality;   Israel, Israelite;   Mental Characteristics;   Property (2);   Questions and Answers;   Religious Experience;   Righteous, Righteousness;   Sacrifice (2);   Son of God;   Teacher (2);   Teaching of Jesus;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - 48 To Know, Perceive, Understand;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Regeneration;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Nicodemus;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Nicode'mus;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Heart;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Tabernacle, the;   Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Eschatology of the New Testament;   Heavenly;   Master;   Nicodemus;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Birth, New;   Nicodemus;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 4;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus said, "You are an important teacher of Israel, and you still don't understand these things?
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Iesus answered and sayde vnto him: arte thou a master in Israel and knowest not these thinges?
Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua answered him, "Are you the teacher of Yisra'el, and don't understand these things?
International Standard Version
Jesus answered him, "You're the teacher of Israel, and you can't understand this?
New American Standard Bible
Jesus answered and said to him, "You are the teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?
New Century Version
Jesus said, "You are an important teacher in Israel, and you don't understand these things?
Update Bible Version
Jesus answered and said to him, Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not understand these things?
Webster's Bible Translation
Jesus answered and said to him, Art thou a teacher of Israel, and knowest not these things?
English Standard Version
Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things?
World English Bible
Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and don't understand these things?
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Jesus answered and said to him, Art thou a teacher of Israel, and knowest not these things?
Weymouth's New Testament
"Are you," replied Jesus, "`the Teacher of Israel,' and yet do you not understand these things?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Jhesus answeride, and seide to hym, Thou art a maister in Israel, and knowist not these thingis?
English Revised Version
Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things?
Berean Standard Bible
"You are Israel's teacher," said Jesus, "and you do not understand these things?
Contemporary English Version
Jesus replied: How can you be a teacher of Israel and not know these things?
Amplified Bible
Jesus replied, "You are the [great and well-known] teacher of Israel, and yet you do not know nor understand these things [from Scripture]?
American Standard Version
Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things?
Bible in Basic English
And Jesus, answering, said, Are you the teacher of Israel and have no knowledge of these things?
Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua answered him, "You hold the office of teacher in Isra'el, and you don't know this?
Darby Translation
Jesus answered and said to him, Thou art the teacher of Israel and knowest not these things!
Etheridge Translation
Jeshu answered and said to him, Art thou Malphona of Israel, and these knowest not ?
Murdock Translation
Jesus answered, and said to him: Art thou a teacher of Israel, and knowest not these things?
King James Version (1611)
Iesus answered, and saide vnto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
New Living Translation
Jesus replied, "You are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don't understand these things?
New Life Bible
Jesus said, "Are you a teacher among the Jews and do not know these things?
New Revised Standard
Jesus answered him, "Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Iesus answered, & saide vnto him, Art thou a teacher of Israel, and knowest not these things?
George Lamsa Translation
Jesus answered and said to, You are a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jesus answered, and said unto him - Art, thou, the teacher of Israel, and, these things, knowest not?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus answered and said to him: Art thou a master in Israel, and knowest not these things?
Revised Standard Version
Jesus answered him, "Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand this?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto hym: Art thou a maister in Israel, and knowest not thesethynges?
Good News Translation
Jesus answered, "You are a great teacher in Israel, and you don't know this?
Christian Standard Bible®
“Are you a teacher
Lexham English Bible
Jesus answered and said to him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and you do not understand these things?
Literal Translation
Jesus answered and said to him, You are the teacher of Israel, and you do not know these things?
Young's Literal Translation
Jesus answered and said to him, `Thou art the teacher of Israel -- and these things thou dost not know!
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iesus answered, & sayde vnto hi: Art thou a Master in Israel, & knowest not these?
Mace New Testament (1729)
Jesus answered him, are you a doctor in Israel, and not know these things?
THE MESSAGE
Jesus said, "You're a respected teacher of Israel and you don't know these basics? Listen carefully. I'm speaking sober truth to you. I speak only of what I know by experience; I give witness only to what I have seen with my own eyes. There is nothing secondhand here, no hearsay. Yet instead of facing the evidence and accepting it, you procrastinate with questions. If I tell you things that are plain as the hand before your face and you don't believe me, what use is there in telling you of things you can't see, the things of God?
New English Translation
Jesus answered, "Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don't understand these things?
New King James Version
Jesus answered and said to him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things?
Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus said, "Aren't you one of Israel's teachers? How is it that you cannot understand something as simple as this?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jesus answered and said to him, "Are you the teacher of Israel and do not understand these things?
Legacy Standard Bible
Jesus answered and said to him, "Are you the teacher of Israel and do not understand these things?

Contextual Overview

1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 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? 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. 8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? 10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Art: Isaiah 9:16, Isaiah 29:10-12, Isaiah 56:10, Jeremiah 8:8, Jeremiah 8:9, Matthew 11:25, Matthew 15:14, Matthew 22:29

and knowest: Deuteronomy 10:16, Deuteronomy 30:6, 1 Chronicles 29:19, Psalms 51:6, Psalms 51:10, Psalms 73:1, Isaiah 11:6-9, Isaiah 66:7-9, Jeremiah 31:33, Jeremiah 32:39, Jeremiah 32:40, Ezekiel 11:19, Ezekiel 18:31, Ezekiel 18:32, Ezekiel 36:25-27, Ezekiel 37:23, Ezekiel 37:24, Romans 2:28, Philippians 3:3, Colossians 2:11

Reciprocal: Joshua 7:26 - So the Lord Ecclesiastes 12:11 - masters Matthew 2:4 - he demanded Mark 7:18 - General Mark 11:33 - We John 3:1 - General John 9:30 - herein 1 Timothy 1:7 - understanding James 3:1 - be

Cross-References

Genesis 2:25
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Genesis 3:7
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Genesis 3:17
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Genesis 3:18
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Exodus 3:6
Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
Exodus 32:25
And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
Job 23:15
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
Psalms 119:120
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Isaiah 33:14
The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
Isaiah 47:3
Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Jesus answered and said unto him,.... Upbraiding him with his continued and invincible ignorance, which was aggravated by his dignified character:

art thou a master in Israel? or "of Israel", as all the Oriental versions render it, as it literally may be rendered he was one of the חכמי ישראל, "wise men", or "doctors of Israel" r, so often mentioned by the Jews. One of the Jewish doctors was answered, by a boy, just in such language as is here used; who, not understanding the direction he gave him about the way into the city, said to him,

אתה הוא חכם של ישראל, "art thou he, a doctor", or "master of Israel?" did not I say to thee so? c. s. He was not a common teacher not a teacher of babes, nor a teacher in their synagogues, or in their "Midrashim", or divinity schools, but in their great sanhedrim; and the article before the word used will admit it to be rendered, "that master", doctor, or teacher; that famous, and most excellent one, who was talked of all over Jerusalem and Judea, as a surpassing one: and now, though he was not only an Israelite, with whom were the laws, statutes, judgments, and oracles of God, the writings of Moses, and the prophets; but a teacher of Israelites, and in the highest class of teachers, and of the greatest fame among them, yet was he ignorant of the first and most important things in religion:

and knowest not these things? which were so plainly to be suggested in the sacred writings, with which he was; or ought to have been conversant: for the same things Christ had been speaking of, are there expressed by a circumcision of the heart; by a birth, a nation's being born at once; by sanctification; by the grace of God signified under the metaphor of water; and by quickening persons, comparable to dry bones, through the wind blowing, and breathing into them, Deuteronomy 30:6.

r Derech Eretz, fol. 18. 1. s Echa Rabbati, fol. 44. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A master of Israel - A “teacher” of Israel; the same word that in the second verse is translated “teacher.” As such a teacher he ought to have understood this doctrine. It was not new,” but was clearly taught in the Old Testament. See particularly Psalms 51:10, Psalms 51:16-17; Ezekiel 11:19; Ezekiel 36:26. It may seem surprising that a man whose business it was to teach the people should be a stranger to so plain and important a doctrine; but when worldly-minded men are placed in offices of religion when they seek those offices for the sake of ease or reputation, it is no wonder that they are strangers to the plain truths of the Bible; and there have been many, and there are still, who are in the ministry itself, to whom the plainest doctrines of the gospel are obscure. No man can understand the Bible fully unless he is a humble Christian, and the easiest way to comprehend the truths of religion is to give the heart to God and live to his glory. A child thus may have more real knowledge of the way of salvation than many who are pretended masters and teachers of Israel, John 7:17; Matthew 11:25; Psalms 8:2, compared with Matthew 21:16.

Of Israel - Of the Jews; of the Jewish nation.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 3:10. Art thou a master of Israel, c.] Hast thou taken upon thee to guide the blind into the way of truth and yet knowest not that truth thyself? Dost thou command proselytes to be baptized with water, as an emblem of a new birth; and art thou unacquainted with the cause, necessity, nature, and effects of that new birth? How many masters are there still in Israel who are in this respect deplorably ignorant; and, strange to tell, publish their ignorance and folly in the sight of the sun, by writing and speaking against the thing itself! It is strange that such people cannot keep their own secret.

"But water baptism is this new birth." No. Jesus tells you, a man must be born of water and the Spirit; and the water, and its effects upon the body, differ as much from this Spirit, which it is intended to represent, and the effects produced in the soul, as real fire does from painted flame.

"But I am taught to believe that this baptism is regeneration." Then you are taught to believe a falsity. The Church of England, in which perhaps you are a teacher or a member, asks the following questions, and returns the subjoined answers.


"Q. How many sacraments hath Christ ordained in his Church?" "A. Two only, as generally necessary to salvation, that is to say, baptism and the supper of the Lord."

"Q. How many parts are there in a sacrament?" "A. Two. The outward visible sign, and the inward spiritual grace."

"Q. What is the outward visible sign, or form, in baptism?" "A. Water, wherein the person is baptized, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost."

"Q. What is the inward and spiritual grace?" "A. A death unto sin, and a new birth unto righteousness; for being by nature born in sin, and the children of wrath, we are hereby made the children of grace."


Now, I ask, Whereby are such persons made the children of grace? Not by the water, but by the death unto sin, and the new birth unto righteousness: i.e. through the agency of the Holy Ghost, sin is destroyed, and the soul filled with holiness.


 
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