John 3

“> > Chap. iii, 2 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: the same came to Jesus by night and said unto Him,”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 36

“> > 3, 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.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 37

““Rabbi, we know that Thou art a Teacher come from God: for no man can do the miracles that Thou doest, except God be with him.” [2. ] Nicodemus yet lingers below, has yet human thoughts concerning Him, and speaks of Him as of a Prophet, imagining nothing great from …”

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 137

“… a ruler of the Jews: the same came to Him by night, and said unto Him, Rabbi (you already know that Master is called Rabbi), we know that Thou art a teacher come from God; for no man can do these signs which Thou doest, except God be with him.””

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 114

“> > 4 Verily verily I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 37

““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.””

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 115

““Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.””

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 139

“> > 5 How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 37

“And he, savoring of his own flesh, while as yet he savored not of the flesh of Christ in his mouth, saith, “How can a man be born a second time, when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?””

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 117

““How can these things be?” and again, “How can a man be born when he is old?” and again, “Can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?””

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 181

“> > Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 38

“John iii. 5 “Verily I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God.” [1. ] Little children who go daily to their teachers receive their lessons, and repeat them, and never cease from this kind of …”

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 142

“Also according to John: “Except a man be born of water, and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.”

Cyprian of CarthageThe Treatises of Cyprian.passage 148

“> > 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 38

“For thus He expressly ascribes the birth of the children of God to the Spirit, saying, that as that which is born of the flesh is flesh, so that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”

Gregory of NyssaDogmatic Treatises.passage 149

“For that which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” 13.”

Cyprian of CarthageThe Treatises of Cyprian.passage 148

“> > 7, 8 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 39

“For He goes on to say: “Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.”

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 126

“For in Your spiritual things I am dull, as Your Only-begotten says, Marvel not that I said to you, you must be born anew.”

Hilary of PoitiersOn the Trinity - Book 12passage 44

“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.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 39

“And He saith of it, “Thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth.”

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 149

“The Spirit breatheth where He willeth, and thou hearest His voice, but knowest not whence He cometh or whither He goeth, so is every one who is born of the Spirit.” 64.”

Ambrose of MilanDogmatic Treatises, Ethical Works, and Sermons.passage 175

“> > 9, 10 Nicodemus answered and said unto Him, How can these things be?”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 39

““Nicodemus answered and said unto Him, How can these things be?””

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 127

“And is it in company with dancers, and effeminate, and buffoons, and harlots, that thou art fain to enjoy the sound of compliment? answer me. How can these things be other than proofs of extreme infatuation?”

John ChrysostomHomilies on First Corinthians.passage 116

“> > Art thou a master of Israel and knowest not these things?”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 40

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

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 127

“Christ now speaks to him more chidingly; “Art thou a master in Israel, and knowest not these things?””

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 150

“> > 11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know and testify that we have seen.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 40

“And Christ expresses Himself in the same way to Nicodemus, while he was dull of apprehension, “We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and no one receiveth our witness.””

John ChrysostomA Commentary on the Acts of the Apostlespassage 4

“… He had taken a body of the holy Virgin, He said to Nicodemus, If I have told you earthly things and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you heavenly things? and no man hath ascended up into heaven but He That came down from Heaven, the …”

Cyril of AlexandriaFive Tomes Against Nestorius - Book 3passage 19

“And He goes on, “If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not; how shall ye believe, if I tell you heavenly things?””

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 128

“John iii. 12, 13 “If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?”

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 153

“And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but He that came down from heaven, the Son of man Which is in heaven.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 41

“And again, (the followers of) doctrines, which are instruments of the Evil One, are offended by the word which our Lord spake, No one has ascended up to heaven but He Who came down from heaven, the Son of Man, Who was in heaven.”

AphrahatAphrahat:  Select Demonstrations.passage 49

“And He goes on: “And no man hath ascended into heaven, but He that came down from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.””

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 128

“For He says, And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have eternal life.”

Cyril of AlexandriaScholia on the Incarnationpassage 19

“Whence in the Gospel the Lord says: “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whosoever believeth in the Son may have life eternal.” 21.”

Cyprian of CarthageThe Treatises of Cyprian.passage 168

““And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up.””

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 154

“For He says, And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have eternal life.”

Cyril of AlexandriaScholia on the Incarnationpassage 19

“… not to judge the world but to save,’ is shewn to be no other than the Only-begotten Son of God, by the same John’s saying before, ‘For God so loved the world that He gave His Only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

Athanasius of AlexandriaAgainst the Arians. (Orationes contra Arianos IV.)passage 198

““That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.””

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 155

“… not to judge the world but to save,’ is shewn to be no other than the Only-begotten Son of God, by the same John’s saying before, ‘For God so loved the world that He gave His Only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

Athanasius of AlexandriaAgainst the Arians. (Orationes contra Arianos IV.)passage 198

“… He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father, albeit Himself saith, For so God loved the world that He gave His Only-Begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life, and again, He that believeth on Him is not condemned, but he that believeth …”

Cyril of AlexandriaFive Tomes Against Nestorius - Book 3passage 34

“His words, Which is in the bosom of the Father, show that he anticipated these blasphemous designations; and, indeed, he had heard his Lord say, For God so loved the world that He gave His Only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

Hilary of PoitiersOn the Trinity - Book 6passage 39

“And John says, ‘For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.’”

Athanasius of AlexandriaAgainst the Arians. (Orationes contra Arianos IV.)passage 109

“> > 17 For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 45

“Nor, when He calls Himself the Son, as in, For God sent not His Son into this world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved, and in, Do you believe in the Son of God? can we accuse Him of what would be an …”

Hilary of PoitiersOn the Trinity - Book 6passage 24

“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.”

Athanasius of AlexandriaAgainst the Arians. (Orationes contra Arianos IV.)passage 199

“… that He gave His Only-Begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life, and again, 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.”

Cyril of AlexandriaFive Tomes Against Nestorius - Book 3passage 34

“On the other hand, He says, “He that believeth not is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only-begotten Son of God;” that is, he separated himself from God of his own accord.”

Irenaeus of LyonsAgainst Heresies: Book Vpassage 59

“And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil.’”

Athanasius of AlexandriaAgainst the Arians. (Orationes contra Arianos IV.)passage 199

“Our Lord Jesus Christ is found to say in the Gospel, And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 1passage 68

“… evil custom, and, clinging to it voluntarily till your last breath, you are hurried to destruction: “because light is come into the world, and men have loved the darkness rather than the light,” while they could sweep away those hindrances to salvation, pride, and wealth, and fear, repeating this poetic …”

Clement of AlexandriaExhortation to the Heathenpassage 50

“> > 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 47

“For every one that doeth evil, hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.””

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 160

“For every one who doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.”

Irenaeus of LyonsAgainst Heresies: Book Vpassage 59

“But he that doeth truth (that is, the lover and doer of the works of the Truth) cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 48

“But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that he has wrought them in God.””

Irenaeus of LyonsAgainst Heresies: Book Vpassage 59

“For this is what follows: “But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.””

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 131

“> > 22, 23, 24 After these things came Jesus and His disciples into the land of Judaea.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 48

“Now let John also declare his witness: “After these things came Jesus and His disciples into the land of Judea; and there He tarried with them, and baptized.””

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 136

“John iii. 22 “And He came and His disciples into the land of Judæa, and there He tarried with them (and baptized).” [1. ] Nothing can be clearer or mightier than the truth, just as nothing is weaker than falsehood, though it be shaded by ten thousand veils.”

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 164

“And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there; and they came, and were baptized.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 48

“… His disciples, and tarried there with them, and baptized; and then in what follows at this point the evangelist says: “And John also was baptizing in Ænon, near to Salim, because there was much water there; and they came, and were baptized: for John was not yet cast into prison.””

Augustine of HippoThe Harmony of the Gospels.passage 81

“For John was not yet cast into prison.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 48

“… His disciples, and tarried there with them, and baptized; and then in what follows at this point the evangelist says: “And John also was baptizing in Ænon, near to Salim, because there was much water there; and they came, and were baptized: for John was not yet cast into prison.””

Augustine of HippoThe Harmony of the Gospels.passage 81

“For there it is said, that they came to Him when “John was not yet cast into prison;” but here, after he was in confinement.”

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom.passage 133

“> > 25, 26 Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and a Jew about purifying.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 49

““There arose,” saith the Evangelist, “a question (between some) of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.””

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 165

““Then there arose a question on the part of John’s disciples with the Jews about purifying.””

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 138

“> > 27 Rabbi, He that was with thee beyond Jordan, to Whom thou barest witness, behold, the Same baptizeth, and all men come to Him.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 50

“Let us see, then, what answer John gives: “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:” that is, What sayest thou?”

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 139

““They came,” saith he, “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.””

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 165

“> > A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 50

““A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from above.””

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 166

“> > 28 Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before Him.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 51

““Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before Him.”

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 146

““Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before Him.”

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 166

“> > 29 He That hath the bride is the Bridegroom: but the friend of the Bridegroom, which standeth and heareth Him, rejoiceth greatly because of the Bridegroom's voice; this my joy therefore is fulfilled.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 51

“… “The children of the bridechamber cannot fast, so long as the bridegroom is with them;” recalling to their mind John’s words, when he said, “He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth Him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice.””

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom.passage 303

“But what art thou, who sayest to us, “He that hath the bride is the bridegroom? But the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice.””

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 139

“> > 30 He must increase, but I must decrease.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 52

“Didst thou not say even to thy disciples, “He must increase, I must decrease?””

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom.passage 355

““He must increase, but I must decrease.””

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 147

“… in might and glory human things, he explained to them saying: "He Who cometh from above is above all: and he who is of the earth, belongeth to the earth, and speaketh of the earth." Who then is He Who cometh from above, and is above all as being God?”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on Luke - Sermons 26-38passage 32

“John iii. 31 “He that cometh from above is above all; he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth.” [1. ] A dreadful thing is the love of glory, dreadful and full of many evils; it is a thorn hard to be extracted, a wild …”

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 170

““He that is of the earth,” he said, “speaketh of the earth; he that cometh from heaven is above all.””

JeromeTreatises.passage 41

“… to belief in Christ (for He speaks, says he, that He knows accurately), he takes again, as it were, from the likeness to us, that we may understand it more Divinely, and says, What He hath seen and heard, that He testifieth. > > And no man receiveth His testimony.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 59

““He that cometh from heaven is above all; and what He hath seen and heard, that He testifieth: and no man receiveth His testimony.””

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 149

“The wise John too writes somewhere of Him, He that receiveth His testimony set to his seal that God is true, for He Whom God sent speaketh God's words.”

Cyril of AlexandriaFive Tomes Against Nestorius - Book 3passage 4

“… immortality; and a ring, a royal signet and divine seal,—impress of consecration, signature of glory, pledge of testimony (for it is said, “He hath set to his seal that God is true,”) and shoes, not those perishable ones which he hath set his foot on holy ground is bidden take …”

Clement of AlexandriaThe Stromata, or Miscellaniespassage 401

“For if none at all, not any man, received, what could these words mean, “But he that received His testimony hath set to his seal that God is true”?”

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 151

“Thus again does John write of Him, for He whom God sent speaketh the words of God and giveth not the Spirit by measure.”

Cyril of AlexandriaFive Tomes Against Nestorius - Book 2passage 17

““For He whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God.””

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 152

““He whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God.””

John ChrysostomThe Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John.passage 172

“… given unto Me;’ and ‘The Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son;’ and ‘The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into His hand; he that believeth in the Son hath everlasting life;’ and again, ‘All things were delivered unto Me of My …”

Athanasius of AlexandriaAgainst the Arians. (Orationes contra Arianos IV.)passage 153

“That not by participation are the Properties of God the Father in the Son, but Essentially and by Nature, on the words, The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into His Hand.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 2passage 1

“… further what follows: because He had said of the Son, “For God giveth not the Spirit by measure: the Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into His hand,” He added, “hath given all things into His hands,” that thou mightest know also here with what distinction it …”

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 153

“For that this is truly life the wise John too knows, saying, 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 shall abide on him.”

Cyril of AlexandriaCommentary on John - Book 4passage 28

“For John says, ‘He that believeth on the Son, hath everlasting life; but he that believeth not the Son, shall not see life.’”

Athanasius of AlexandriaAgainst the Arians. (Orationes contra Arianos IV.)passage 201

“Carnal thought does not apprehend what I say: let it defer understanding, and begin by faith; let it hear what follows: “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.””

Augustine of HippoLectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John.passage 154