Regeneration

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This expression occurs in two places only: in Matt. 19:2828And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. (Matthew 19:28), when it refers to the new order of things, when the Son of man will reign in the millennium; and in Titus 3:55Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; (Titus 3:5), to the new birth, as in John 3, by the word and spirit. It is called “washing,” because this new birth is a moral and inward cleansing of the entire man by the imparting of a new life. This is the force of washed or bathed in John 13:1010Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. (John 13:10). “He that is washed.” Among Christians “regeneration” is a common expression for the new birth, though it is worthy of notice that the word for this is different.