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“‘You must be born from above” (John ... this great scholar be able to begin again like a newborn to understand what God is doing through Jesus. Nicodemus is stuck at the literal level ...

Nicodemus…came to Jesus…and said, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher…Jesus said to him, “Truly, truly I say to you, unless one is born again, ...

He ignored his polite request and told Nicodemus that if he wanted to enter the Kingdom of God he had to be born again. The argument went something like this; (Jesus) “You must be born again”.