Twelfth Century Bomili, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from Twelfth Century Bomili, Vol. 1: In Ms. Bodley 343 There was a certain man of the Pharisees called Nicodemus, one of the rulers of the Jewish people, who came once by night to the Saviour and said, 'We know, beloved Master, that thou hast come from God, nor can any man indeed do such miracles as thou doest except God be with him.' The Saviour answered and thus said to him, 'Verily, verily, I say unto thee that no man shall ever see the kingdom of God, unless he be born again.' Nicodemus said to him, greatly marvelling at it, 'How can the old man be born again? Can he, then, enter his mother's womb, and so be born a second time?' But the Saviour said to him, 'Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Whosoever is not born of water and of the Holy Spirit, cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh indeed, and that which is born of the Spirit is truly spirit. Marvel not at all that I have now said, It is necessary for you that ye be born again. The Spirit breatheth indeed where it listeth to breathe, and thou nearest the voice thereof, but nevertheless thou dost not know whence the Spirit cometh or whither it goeth, so is every one that is born of the Spirit.' Nicodemus said to him, 'How can these things be?' The Saviour thus answered him again, saying to him, 'Thou art a noble teacher among the people of Israel, and thou dost not know these things!' And he said to him again, 'Verily, verily, I say unto thee that we speak, indeed, that which we well know, and we also testify to that which we have seen, and ye will not receive our testimony at all among you. If I tell you openly of earthly things and ye believe them not, how can ye believe, then, if I shall tell you of heavenly things? And no man shall by any means ascend into heaven, except him who descended from heaven hither, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven. And even as Moses lifted up the serpent in the great wilderness as a high token, so must the Son of Man be lifted up on some high place, that those shall not perish who believe on him but shall have the eternal life for themselves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.