“I was a Pharisee and a ruler of the Jews, and I came to Jesus by night. I told him we knew he was a teacher come from God, because no one could do his miracles unless God were with him. He told me, "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." I asked, "How can a man be born when he is old?" He spoke of being born of water and of the Spirit, and he said that God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son. I did not understand it all that night. Later I spoke up for him in the council, and after the cross I helped bury him. Keep coming with your questions.”
Nicodemus · John 3:1-21