Jesus' Ministry was lost on most of the religious leaders of his day. There is no mention of whether or not Nicodemus received Jesus' message even though his response to Nicodemus' question of 'How can a man be born again when he is old?' (John 3:4 NIV) contains some of the most well know verses in the Bible:
‘You must be born again.’The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit." - John 3:7-8 NIV
Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him. - John 3:14-15 NIV
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.
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
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. - John 3:16-18 KJV
In contrast, the Samaritan woman was not one of the religious leaders, nor would she have been accepted by them because of her life style, yet, when she encountered Jesus, she was convinced. Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” - John 4:28-29 NIV
Jesus knew that a prophet has no honor in his own country. As John said, He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: - John 1:11-12 KJB
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