John 3:3

"Except one be-becoming up-place, he cannot be perceiving the realm of Placer." Nicodemus came toward Jesus by night, intrigued by the signs, or symbols, that he saw in Jesus.  It is in this context that Jesus says one must be becoming "up-place".  Some versions translate the Greek word ANOTHEN as "again" while others have "from above".  Ultra literally, it is a two part word in Greek. So, the Etymological New Testament hyphenates the two roots as up-place.  It would appear that John intentionally uses a double entendre, conveying both the idea of again or newness as well as the sense of upwardness.  To be able to perceive this realm that Jesus experienced, we must be becoming into an upward place...an entirely new and higher vision of life.