John 3:10

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Jesus answered, and said unto him - Art, thou, the teacher of Israel, and, these things, knowest not?

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?

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

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

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 however, a man from among the Pharisees, Nicodemus, his name, - ruler of the Jews. ² The same, came unto him, by night, and said unto him - Rabbi! we know that, from God, thou hast come, a teacher; for, no one, can be doing, these signs, which, thou, art doing, except, God, be with him. ³ Jesus answered, and said unto him - Verily, verily, I say unto thee: Except one be born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God. ⁴ Nicodemus saith unto him - How, can a man be born, when he is, old? Can he, into the womb of his mother, a second time, enter, and be born? ⁵ Jesus answered - Verily, verily, I say unto thee: Except one be born of water and spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. ⁶ That which hath been born of the flesh, is, flesh, and, that which hath been born of the spirit, is, spirit. ⁷ Do not marvel, that I said unto thee: Ye must needs be born from above. ⁸ The spirit, where it pleaseth, doth breathe, and, the sound thereof, thou hearest; but knowest not, whence it cometh and whither it goeth: Thus, is every one who hath been born of the spirit. ⁹ Nicodemus answered, and said unto him - How, can these things, come about? ¹⁰ Jesus answered, and said unto him - Art, thou, the teacher of Israel, and, these things, knowest not?

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 of them naked, the man and his wife, - and put not each other to shame.

Genesis 3:7
Then were opened the eyes of them both, and they knew that, naked, they were, - so they tacked together fig-leaves, and made for themselves girdles,

Genesis 3:17
And, to the man, he said, Because thou didst hearken to the voice of thy wife, and so didst eat of the tree as to which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, Accursed be the ground for thy sake, In pain, shalt thou eat of it, all the days of thy life;

Genesis 3:18
Thorn also and thistle, shall it shoot forth to thee, - when thou hast come to eat of the herb of the field:

Exodus 3:6
And he said - I, am the God of thy father, God of Abraham, God of Isaac and God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.

Exodus 32:25
And Moses saw the people, that unbridled, they were, - for Aaron had given them the rein, for a whispering, among their enemies.

Job 23:15
For this cause, from his presence, am I driven in fear, I diligently consider and am kept back from him in dread:

Psalms 119:120
My flesh, bristled up from dread of thee, and, of thy regulations, stand I in fear.

Isaiah 33:14
Terror-stricken in Zion, - are sinners, Shuddering hath seized the impious, - Who among us can sojourn with a fire that devoureth? Who among us can sojourn with burnings age-abiding?

Isaiah 47:3
Bared shall be thy shame, Yea seen thy reproach, - An avenging, will I take, And will accept no son of earth.

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.