约翰福音 3:8
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.
Context
This verse from 约翰福音 Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. 保罗在腓斯都面前，被怂恿转交耶路撒冷受审；他上诉凯撒；希律亚基帕王和百尼基来听他的见证；亚基帕王对保罗说：「你想用少许的话就劝我作基督徒吗？」保罗回答：「无论多少，我向神所求的，不但你一个人，就是今日一切听我说话的，都要像我一样，只是不受这些锁链。」
其他译本
The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
the Spirit where he willeth doth blow, and his voice thou dost hear, but thou hast not known whence he cometh, and whither he goeth; thus is every one who hath been born of the Spirit.'
The wind goes where its pleasure takes it, and the sound of it comes to your ears, but you are unable to say where it comes from and where it goes: so it is with everyone whose birth is from the Spirit.
交叉参考
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts …
Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle …
If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son …
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because …
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb …
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so …