8 Bible Verses about Misunderstood Truth
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But the Jews said, "It took forty-six years to build this Temple, and are you going to rebuild it in three days?"
Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born [again] after he is [already] old? He cannot enter his mother's womb a second time and be born, can he?"
The woman [then] said to Him, "Sir, [please] give me [some of] that water, so that I do not get thirsty [again], or have to come all the way here to draw [water]."
So, the disciples said to one another, "No one has brought Him anything to eat [have they]?"
Then the Jews [who were assembled in the synagogue. See verse 59] began arguing bitterly with one another, saying, "How can this man give us his physical body to eat?"
So, the Jews asked [one another], "Will he kill himself, because he said, 'You cannot go where I am going'?"
They replied to Him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. How can you say, 'You will be set free'?"
But the disciples said to Him, "Lord, if he is [only] asleep, he will get well."
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Misunderstood truth » Spiritual bondage confused with physical slavery
They replied to Him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. How can you say, 'You will be set free'?"
But the disciples said to Him, "Lord, if he is [only] asleep, he will get well."
Misunderstood truth » Christ's bodily temple confused with the earthly temple
But the Jews said, "It took forty-six years to build this Temple, and are you going to rebuild it in three days?"
Misunderstood truth » The water of life confused with physical water
The woman [then] said to Him, "Sir, [please] give me [some of] that water, so that I do not get thirsty [again], or have to come all the way here to draw [water]."
Misunderstood truth » Spiritual nourishment confused with food
So, the disciples said to one another, "No one has brought Him anything to eat [have they]?"
Misunderstood truth » Christ's departure confused with suicide
So, the Jews asked [one another], "Will he kill himself, because he said, 'You cannot go where I am going'?"
Misunderstood truth » The new birth confused with the physical birth
Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born [again] after he is [already] old? He cannot enter his mother's womb a second time and be born, can he?"