I am just gonna jump in here with John 3:5 KJV "Jesus answered, 'Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God' ".
Now what I will do is add 3 different study Bible notes on this verse. The reason I am doing this is for all to see how it is explained in 3 different "versions".
The King James Study Bible--3:5 Born of water implies natural, physical birth, since Spirit refers to supernatural spiritual birth.
The NIV Study Bible--3:5 born of water and the Spirit. A phrase understood in various ways: 1. It means much the same as "born of the Spirit" (v.8; cf. Tit 3:5). 2. Water refers to purification. 3. Water refers to baptism--that of John (1:31) or that of Jesus and his disciples (v.22; 4:1-2).
New Geneva Study Bible NKJV--3:5 born of water and the Spirit. Some suggest that the "water" is the release of fluid that accompanies physical birth, but linguistic considerations point to understanding "water" and "Spirit" as referring to a single spiritual birth. Many interpreters understand "water" here as the water of baptism, but such a reference, before Christian baptism was instituted, would have been meaningless to Nicodemus. Others find a reference to John's baptism, but Jesus nowhere makes John's baptism a requirement for salvation. Probably the statement refers to Old Testament passages in which the terms "water" and "Spirit" are linked to express the pouring out of God's Spirit in the end times (Is 33:15; 44:3; Ezek 36:25-27). The presence of such rich Old Testament imagery accounts for Jesus' reproof of Nicodemus (v.10): as a "teacher of Israel, he should have understood.
In 3 different Study Bibles all put together by different groups of men we come to a pretty good conclusion that "water" is not implying a "water baptism". Only the NIV mentions it as a meaning of "water baptism" and it is the last of 3 notes on the verse.
Now the rebuttal will be that these notes are written by men so they can misinterpret the passage. All I can say is study the passage yourself by the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Let Him guide you and teach you.