Nicodemus was both “a man of the Pharisees” and “a ruler of the Jews” (John 3:1).

No, God the Holy Spirit, along with God the Father and God the Son (Jesus), comprise one God, and Jesus affirmed this in Mark 12:29 by declaring, “the LORD is one.” But the Bible also clearly describes three distinct personhoods for God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Understanding this nature of God, commonly called “Trinity,” is challenging to the limited human mind but can be facilitated by using this visual tool.

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Jewish weddings in those days worked as follows. Once the marriage has been agreed upon by the parents of the bride and the bridegroom and the bride-price has been paid to the bride's father, the bride and the bridegroom were deemed “betrothed” - i.e., legally married (a formal divorce was required to terminate a betrothal, so it wasn't just an “engagement” of today) - to each other, but continued to live with their respective parents. The bridegroom then began to build a house for himself and his bride, typically by adding three walls and a roof to one of the walls of his father’s house. Since he also had to farm or work his trade full time, this construction took up to a year. When the bridegroom has finished building the house, he came calling for his bride, hence the “voice” in John 3:29. A wedding feast then took place for up to seven days, during which the bride and the bridegroom consummated their marriage, and then moved into their newly built home. John is saying that Jesus is the bridegroom, those who believe in Him are His bride, and he is a friend of the bridegroom. When the bridegroom comes calling for his bride, any feelings of jealousy by his friend would be inappropriate. He should feel nothing but complete “joy” (John 3:29) for his friend and his friend’s bride.

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The Greek word for “again” (John 3:7) is the same one used in John 3:3 above. Jesus is distinguishing between our physical birth - “That which is born of the flesh is flesh” (John 3:6) - and the spiritual birth - “that which is born of the Spirit is spirit” (John 3:6) - required for us to “enter the kingdom of God” (John 3:5).

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No, John who wrote this Gospel is writing about a different John.

If Nicodemus had stopped after the first question - “How can a man be born when he is old?” (John 3:4) - he would have expressed just incomprehension. But his second question - “Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” (John 3:4) - indicates that he may have been either trying to make light of Jesus’ reply, which he may have considered a snub in front of Jesus’ disciples around them, or expressing shock since being born a Jew is what the Jews thought guaranteed their entry into heaven.

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“You” (John 3:7, 11 & 12) is the second person plural pronoun, so Jesus is also chastising those whom Nicodemus represents.

It sounds like they were trying to incite John to jealousy.

John the Baptist is the prophet born to a priest named Zacharias and his wife Elizabeth.

ανωθεν (anothen), the original Greek word translated “again,” more commonly means “from above” or “from on high” - i.e., from heaven. Jesus is saying that Nicodemus “cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3) because he has not received spiritual birth from heaven - i.e., from God.

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Jesus Himself and potentially the Holy Spirit, John the Baptist and/or Jesus’ disciples.

He puts them in their place, and himself in his place.

The Gospel of John was written by John, one of Jesus’ twelve apostles. Even among the twelve, John was one of the three apostles (along with Peter and James) who were the closest to Jesus; The Gospel of John, also called "Book of John," is an eyewitness account written by someone very close to Jesus.

Jesus is talking about the “living water” in the next chapter (John 4:7-14).
It's salvation through Jesus Himself, whom John 1:1 also calls the “Word.” To enter the Kingdom of God, we need to be saved through the Word of God.

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After He has been “lifted up” (John 3:14) on the cross, taken on our sins, cried out, “Why have you forsaken me?” (Mark 15:34) to God the Father, then, “It is finished!” (John 19:30), and died. The bronze snake wasn’t foreshadowing the baby Jesus in the manger. It was foreshadowing Jesus on the cross just after He paid the death penalty due for our sins.

He is using hyperbole to express that compared to the great number of people who should receive Jesus’ testimony, a very low number actually do. If you are catching your breathe doubled over after running a marathon and tell someone, “I have no energy left,” you are expressing that the level of energy in your body is very low, but not zero, in which case you would be dead.