6. 3:1-21 Now there was a man amongst the Pharisees whose name was Nicodemus. He was a Jewish ruler. This man came to (Jesus) at night time and said to him "Rabbi, we know that you have come as a teacher from God.
12. 5:25-47 "Truly, truly I tell you an hour is coming and if fact is now here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear it will live. Just as the Father has life in himself so he has given life to the Son so that he has this within himself. He has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.
There is no one who can do the signs that you do unless God is with him." Jesus answered and said to him "Truly truly I tell you, unless someone is born from above he cannot see the kingdom of God." Nicodemus says to him "How can a man be born when he is already old? He cannot re-enter the womb of his mother to be born a second time." Jesus answered "Truly truly I tell you unless one is born of water and the spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Whatever has been born of the flesh, is flesh. What has been born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not wonder because I told you it behooves you to be born from above. The spirit, like the wind, blows where it wants to.
Do not marvel at this because an hour is coming when all those in the tombs will hear his voice and those who have done good things will come forth into a resurrection of life. Those who have done evil things (on the other hand) will go to a resurrection of judgment (instead). I cannot do anything from myself.
You hear its sound but you do not know from where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone who has been born of the Spirit." Nicodemus answered and said to him " How can these things come about?" Jesus answered and said to him "You are the teacher of Israel and you do not know these things? Truly truly I tell you. We speak about what we know and we give witness to what we have seen. But you have not received our witness
I judge according to what I hear and my judgment is just because I do not seek to do to what I want but rather (I seek to do) the will of the One who has sent me. If I give witness about myself, my witness is not true. (But) there is another who witnesses concerning me (that is, God) and I know that the witnesses that he gives concerning me is true.
(that of Jesus and disciples?) If I told you about earthly things and you did not believe are you likely to believe if I tell you about the things of heaven? No man has gone up into heaven except the one who has come down from heaven, that is the son of man.
You have sent (people to observe) John and he has given witness to the truth. But I do not receive the witness given about me from people. (Rather) I tell you these things so that you can be saved. That man (John the Baptist) was a burning and shining lamp and you were willing to bask for an hour in his light. But I have a witness who is greater than John.
As Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert (when told by God to make a bronze serpent on standard so people looking on it could be saved from the bites of a plague of snakes), so it behooves the Son of man to be lifted up. This is so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world as to give his only begotten Son so that everyone believing in him may not perish but may have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge it but (rather) that the world may be saved through him. The one who believes in him is not judged. But the one who does not believe has already been judged because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
It is the works which the Father has given me to do and to finish, that give witness concerning me and the fact that the Father has sent me. It is the One who has sent me, the Father, who has given witness about me. (But) you have never heard his voice and you have never seen his form. His word no longer remains in you because you do not believe in the one that he has sent. You search the Scriptures because you think them to have eternal life within them. Yet they (the Scriptures) are what give witness concerning me. And, you do not want to come to me in order to have eternal life.
. This is the judgment (upon such a one). The light has come into the world (but such a one) has loved men and the darkness rather than the light. Thus their works have been evil. Everyone who does evil things hates the light and does not come into the light lest his works are reproved. But the one who does deeds according to the truth comes to the light so that it may be shown that their works have been done in God (that is, in terms of the eternal plan)."
I do not receive glory from men. But I have known you (well enough to know) you do not have the love of God within yourselves. I have come in the name of my Father and you do not receive me. If someone else comes in his own name you will receive that one. How is it you believe you can receive glory from somebody else and yet (true) glory, which only comes from the only God, you do not seek? Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father (Rather) the one who is accusing you is Moses in whom you have hoped. If you did believe Moses you would have believed me for it is about myself that (Moses) wrote. But, if you do not believe the writings of that one (Moses) how are you going to believe my words?"