rules over a territory and a sovereign has subjects (cf. Luke 19:11–27). See also ‘Additional note: “My kingdom is not of this world” ’, pp. 418–419. 6. In this verse Jesus explains why it is necessary for people to be born again/from above to see/enter the kingdom, and why this has nothing to do with natural birth: Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. The physical gives birth only to the physical. What is required is spiritual birth, effected by the Spirit, something
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