In my recent book “Do you believe Jesus”, I pointed out the misconception most professing Christians have concernig the topic of being “born again”. And while I presented the correct description of rebirth, I did not explain the original source of the errors that led to this misconception of what Jesus was describing in John 3:3. This is a followup on that particular topic.
The initial source of the current mainstream belief stems from a poor translation of the original Greek text. I am not a language expert and like most people I must rely on the studies and resulting conclusions of those who are. This is a much studied subject and volumes have been written about the meaning of the words Jesus chose to describe what was necessary to enter into the Kingdom of God. Those words where “gennethe anothen” . Gennethe comes from the Greek word for “born”, which is “gennao”. Anothen means “from above”. Thus gennethe anothen means “born from above”.
For a detailed in depth description on this subject I suggest reading WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES ABOUT “BORN AGAIN” by Frank Nelte. It is by far the most comprehhensive description that I know of in print today.
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