Verš 1
There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
Jn 19:39 - And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
Verš 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.
Jn 7:50 - Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)
Jn 19:39 - And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
Jn 9:16 - Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
Jn 9:33 - If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
Sk 10:38 - How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
Verš 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.
Tít 3:5 - Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Verš 6
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Rim 8:5 - For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
Verš 9
Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
Jn 6:52 - The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
Verš 11
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
Jn 7:16 - Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
Jn 8:28 - Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
Jn 12:49 - For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
Jn 14:24 - He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
Jn 3:32 - And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
Verš 13
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
Jn 6:62 - What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
Ef 4:9 - (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
Verš 14
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
Nm 21:9 - And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
2Kr 18:4 - He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
Jn 8:28 - Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
Jn 12:32 - And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
Verš 15
That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Jn 3:36 - He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Verš 16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Rim 5:8 - But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Rim 8:31 - What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
1Jn 4:9 - In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
Jn 3:36 - He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Lk 19:10 - For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
1Jn 5:10 - He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
Verš 17
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Lk 9:56 - For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
Jn 9:39 - And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
Jn 12:47 - And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
1Jn 4:14 - And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
Verš 18
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Jn 5:24 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
Jn 6:40 - And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Jn 6:47 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
Jn 20:31 - But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
Verš 19
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Jn 1:5 - And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Verš 21
But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Ef 5:8 - For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Ef 5:13 - But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
Verš 22
After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
Jn 4:1 - When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
Verš 23
And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
Mt 3:6 - And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
Mk 1:5 - And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
Lk 3:7 - Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Verš 24
For John was not yet cast into prison.
Mt 14:3 - For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.
Verš 26
And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
Mt 3:11 - I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
Mk 1:7 - And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
Lk 3:16 - John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
Jn 1:15 - John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
Jn 1:26 - John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
Jn 1:34 - And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
Verš 28
Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
Jn 1:20 - And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
Mal 3:1 - Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to this temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
Mt 11:10 - For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Mk 1:2 - As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Lk 1:17 - And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Lk 7:27 - This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Jn 1:21 - And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
Jn 1:23 - He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
Verš 31
He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
Jn 8:23 - And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
Verš 32
And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
Jn 5:30 - I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
Jn 8:26 - I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
Jn 12:49 - For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
Jn 14:10 - Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
Verš 33
He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
Rim 3:4 - God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
Verš 34
For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
Ef 4:7 - But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
Verš 35
The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
Mt 11:27 - All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Mt 28:18 - And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Lk 10:22 - All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
Jn 5:22 - For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
Jn 17:2 - As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
Heb 2:8 - Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.
Verš 36
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Jn 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Jn 6:47 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
1Jn 5:10 - He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
Jn 3,1 - Zákonník Nikodém bol členom veľrady a príslušníkom strany farizejov. Dobrý človek, ale ešte bojazlivý a dbajúci na svetské ohľady.
Jn 3,3-8 - Tento text má zrejme na mysli sviatosť krstu. V krste dostávame Ducha Svätého, princíp nadprirodzeného, Božieho života. Krstom sa teda človek znovuzrodí.
Jn 3,8 - V gréckom (i hebrejskom) jazyku ten istý výraz "pnéuma" znamená aj vietor, aj Ducha.
Jn 3,10 - V Starom zákone je reč o znovuzrodení z Ducha: Iz 44, 3; 59, 21; Ez 11, 19; 36, 26; Zach 12, 10; Joel 2, 28 a iné.
Jn 3,14 - Mojžišov medený had bol predobrazom ukrižovaného Krista - Nm 21, 8 n.
Jn 3,18 - "V meno" je semitizmus; meno predstavuje osobu.
Jn 3,22 - Ježiš (vlastne jeho učeníci - porov. 4, 2) krstil pri dolnom toku Jordánu, Ján Krstiteľ pri jeho strednom toku, neďaleko Beisanu, asi 20 km južne od Genezaretského jazera. Krst Ježišových učeníkov bol ešte ten istý, aký bol Jánov. Krst "v Duchu" bude až po vzkriesení a oslávení Krista.
Jn 3,29 - Sväté písmo častejšie opisuje láskyplný vzťah medzi Bohom a ľuďmi ako lásku snúbencov - manželov: Iz 54, 4-6; 62, 5; Jer 2, 2; 3, 1-5; Ez 16; Oz 2, 2-20; celá Pieseň piesní. Ježiš je snúbenec, ženích, ktorý sa zasnubuje s Cirkvou (Mt 9, 15; 22, 1 n.; 25, 1 n.; Ef 5, 22; 2 Kor 11, 2; Zjv 19, 7; 21, 2). Ján Krstiteľ je len jeho družbom a teší sa z jeho šťastia a lásky. Tak skromne označil svoju úlohu ako predchodca Mesiáša.
Jn 3,31-36 - Tieto verše sa zdajú byť úvahou samého evanjelistu. V skutočnosti sú to však skôr slová Pána Ježiša, ktoré povedal pri inej príležitosti a Ján ich sem pridal.
