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ACTS 16:30-31
TO SEE THE KINGDOM
THE DESIRE OF THE JAILOR
Acts 16:30-31  And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?  31  And they said, Believe [aorist active imperative] on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
THE WILL OF GOD
John 1:13  Which (the ones believing) were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of [out from] God.
ek             1537 10 ---- ---- gen -- prep---  out of
qelnma         2307 11 neu  ---- gen s  noun---  will
avnr           0435 12 mas  ---- gen s  noun--- *of man
alla           0235 13 ---- ---- --- -- conj---  but
ek             1537 14 ---- ---- gen -- prep---  out of
qeos           2316 15 mas  ---- gen s  noun---  God
gevvaw         1080 16 aor  pas  ind 3p ---verb *they were born
The ones believing are born
Of God and are passive not active
Not the will of man
Born out from God
BUT
JOHN 1:13 BEGOTTEN BY GOD
TO ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM
In Acts 16:30-31 we see the Philippian Jailor make an active discision to believe on the Lord Jesus. He was born from above.
Again, it was the jailor’s will to be saved and he was active in being born from above.
In John 1:13 man is not active in this birth. God is the one who is active in this birth for the ones believing. The verb “born” is aorist passive. Man is passive not active. Passive measn that subject is being acted upon. The ones believing were born out from God.