John Chapter 3, Verse 12
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12: ει τα επιγεια ειπον υμιν και ου πιστευετε πως εαν ειπω υμιν τα επουρανια πιστευσετε
12: If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how
shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
12: If I have spoken to you earthly things, and you believe not: how
will you believe, if I shall speak to you heavenly things?
If I have told you earthly things. Things which occur on earth. Not sensual or worldly things, for Jesus had said nothing of these; but he had told him of operations of the Spirit which had occurred on earth, whose effects were visible, and which might be, therefore, believed. These were the plainest and most obvious of the doctrines of religion.
How shall ye believe. How will you believe. Is there any probability that you will understand them?
Heavenly things. Things pertaining to the government of God and his doings in the heavens; things which are removed from human view, and which cannot be subjected to human sight; the more profound and inscrutable things pertaining to the redemption of men.
