74th Post Jesus Teaching on the New Birth - John 3:3

Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he can not see the kingdom of God. John 3:3
This passage takes place soon after Jesus cleanses the Temple. By the location in the book of John, of this passage, you know that this is very early in Jesus ministry. Jesus has not called all of His disciples yet. The beginning of chapter 3, tells us that a man named Nicodemus, who happened to be a Pharisee; came to Jesus at night to talk to him. There has been a lot of speculation as to why he came to see Jesus at night. If you look at the text carefully, it will tell you exactly why he came at night. Nicodemus was a Pharisee, as such he was a teacher in the Temple, he had position, and respect within the Jewish community. It is interesting what Nicodemus says to Jesus. "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do "unless God is with him". Nicodemus used the word "signs" plural, if you look back at chapter two, Jesus turned the water into wine, and cleansed the Temple. Jesus turned the water into wine in the town of Cana in the Northern region of Israel almost 100 miles away. How could Nicodemus know about these? The Bible does not tell us but somehow he knew. At the time of Jesus, there had been "false messiah's", Nicodemus I don't think thought Jesus was one of these, because of his statement to Jesus "for no one can do these signs unless God be with him". Clearly Nicodemus believes that Jesus is sent from God. He is not sure of what capacity yet. Nicodemus knew that Jesus was sent from God, and came to see Him early in His Ministry. This we know from the text. I have run out of space again, so will have to get into the passage John 3:3 in next post.