en_tn_condensed/jhn/03/04.md

# How can a man be born when he is old?

Nicodemus uses this question to emphasize that this cannot happen. Alternate translation: "A man certainly cannot be born again when he is old!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])

# He cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born, can he?

Nicodemus also uses this question to emphasize his belief that a second birth is impossible. "Certainly, he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb! (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])

# a second time

"again" or "twice"

# womb

the part of a woman's body where a baby grows