has certified [hath set to his seal] . . To “seal” an instrument is to make it sure; to acknowledge it as ours; to pledge our varacity that it is true and binding, as when a man seals a bond, a deed, or a will.
Bibliographical Information Gann, Windell. "Commentary on John 3". Gann's Commentary on the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/gbc/john-3.html. 2021.
Verse 5
John 3:5
See James 2:24 note "Being Saved" for what the process of the "new birth"or being "born again" means to our salvation.
Verse 15
John 3:15
G4100
πιστεύω
pisteuō
Thayer Definition:
1) to think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in
1a) of the thing believed
1a1) to credit, have confidence
1b) in a moral or religious reference
1b1) used in the NT of the conviction and trust to which a man is impelled by a certain inner and higher prerogative and law of soul
1b2) to trust in Jesus or God as able to aid either in obtaining or in doing something: saving faith
2) to entrust a thing to one, i.e. his fidelity
2a) to be intrusted with a thing
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G4102
Citing in TDNT: 6:174, 849
Verse 16
John 3:16
Luke 7:12; Luke 8:42; Luke 9:38; John 1:14; John 1:18; John 3:16; John 3:18; Hebrews 11:17; 1 John 4:9;
Verse 33
John 3:33
has certified [hath set to his seal] . . To “seal” an instrument is to make it sure; to acknowledge it as ours; to pledge our varacity that it is true and binding, as when a man seals a bond, a deed, or a will.