8 Bible Verses about Misunderstood Truth
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Then the Jews said, "This temple has been under construction forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?"
Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born [when he] is an old man? He is not able to enter into his mother's womb for the second time and be born, [can he]?"
The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or come here to draw [water]!"
So the disciples began to say to one another, "No one brought him [anything] to eat, [did they]?"
So the Jews began to quarrel {among themselves}, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
Then the Jews began to say, "Perhaps he will kill himself, because he is saying, 'Where I am going you cannot come.'"
They replied to him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have not been enslaved to anyone at any time. How do you say, 'You will become free'?"
So the disciples said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen 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 not been enslaved to anyone at any time. How do you say, 'You will become free'?"
So the disciples said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well."
Misunderstood truth » Christ's bodily temple confused with the earthly temple
Then the Jews said, "This temple has been under construction forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?"
Misunderstood truth » The water of life confused with physical water
The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or come here to draw [water]!"
Misunderstood truth » Spiritual nourishment confused with food
So the disciples began to say to one another, "No one brought him [anything] to eat, [did they]?"
Misunderstood truth » Christ's departure confused with suicide
Then the Jews began to say, "Perhaps he will kill himself, because he is saying, 'Where I am going you cannot come.'"
Misunderstood truth » The new birth confused with the physical birth
Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born [when he] is an old man? He is not able to enter into his mother's womb for the second time and be born, [can he]?"