The bursting of the amniotic sac of a mother just prior to childbirth is the birth of "water." We often say of this event, "Her water broke!" Notice in v.6 Jesus reinforces this interpretation when He says, "That which is born of the flesh is flesh," thus linking water with flesh. The flesh-birth is from below; the spiritual, from above."[https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/133/what-does-it-mean-to-be-born-of-water][[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 13:16, 15 December 2019 (EST) | The bursting of the amniotic sac of a mother just prior to childbirth is the birth of "water." We often say of this event, "Her water broke!" Notice in v.6 Jesus reinforces this interpretation when He says, "That which is born of the flesh is flesh," thus linking water with flesh. The flesh-birth is from below; the spiritual, from above."[https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/133/what-does-it-mean-to-be-born-of-water][[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 13:16, 15 December 2019 (EST) |