Reference: Nicodemus
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A member of the Jewish Sanhedrin, at first a Pharisee, and afterwards a disciple of Jesus. He was early convinced that Christ came from God, but was not ready at once to rank himself among His followers. In
Joh 3:1-20, he first appears as a timid inquirer after the truth, learning the great doctrines of regeneration and atonement. In Joh 7:45-52, we see him cautiously defending the Savior before the Sanhedrin. At last, in the trying scene of the crucifixion, he avowed himself a believer, and came with Joseph of Arimathea to pay the last duties to the body of Christ, which they took down from the cross, embalmed, and laid in the sepulchre, Joh 19:39.
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There was a man of the Pharisees, the name to him Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; the same came to Him by night, and said to Him, Rabbi, we know that thou hast come a teacher from God; for no one is able to do these miracles, which thou art doing, unless God may he with him. read more. Jesus responded and said to him, Truly, truly, I say unto thee, unless any one may be born from above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus says to him; How is a man able to be born, being old? whether he is able to enter the second time into the womb of his mother, and be born? Jesus responded, Truly, truly, I say unto thee, Unless any one may be born of water and Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of the heavens. That which has been born of the flesh is flesh; and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit. Be not astonished because I said to thee; It behooveth you to be born from above. The Spirit breathes on whom He willeth, and thou hearest His voice, but dost not know whence He cometh and whither He goeth; so is every one who has been born of the Spirit. Nicodemus responded and said to Him, How are these things able to he? Jesus responded and said to him, Art thou a teacher of Israel and knowest not these things? Truly, truly, I say unto thee, that we speak what we know, and testify what we have seen; and you received not our testimony. If I spoke to you things upon the earth, and you do net believe, how will you believe, if I speak to you of things in heaven? No one hath ascended up into heaven, but the one having come down from heaven, the Son of man, who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so does it behoove the Son of man to be lifted up: that every one believing in Him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that every one believing on Him may not perish but have eternal life. For God sent not His Son into the world that He may condemn the world; but that the world through Him may be saved. He that believeth on Him is not condemned; but he that believeth not, has already been condemned, because he has not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light; for their works are evil. For every one doing evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, in order that his works may not be convicted;
Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, Why did you not bring Him? The officers responded, Never did a man so speak, as this man speaks. read more. And the Pharisees responded to them; Are ye also deceived? Whether has any one of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on Him? But this crowd knowing not the law are accursed. Nicodemus being one of them, says to them; Whether does our law judge a man, until it may first hear from him and know what he does? They responded and said to him, Whither art thou also from Galilee? Search, and see that no prophet rises out of Galilee.
And Nicodemus also, the one having come at first to Jesus by night, came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.
Easton
the people is victor, a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin. He is first noticed as visiting Jesus by night (Joh 3:1-21) for the purpose of learning more of his doctrines, which our Lord then unfolded to him, giving prominence to the necessity of being "born again." He is next met with in the Sanhedrin (Joh 7:50-52), where he protested against the course they were taking in plotting against Christ. Once more he is mentioned as taking part in the preparation for the anointing and burial of the body of Christ (Joh 19:39). We hear nothing more of him. There can be little doubt that he became a true disciple.
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There was a man of the Pharisees, the name to him Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; the same came to Him by night, and said to Him, Rabbi, we know that thou hast come a teacher from God; for no one is able to do these miracles, which thou art doing, unless God may he with him. read more. Jesus responded and said to him, Truly, truly, I say unto thee, unless any one may be born from above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus says to him; How is a man able to be born, being old? whether he is able to enter the second time into the womb of his mother, and be born? Jesus responded, Truly, truly, I say unto thee, Unless any one may be born of water and Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of the heavens. That which has been born of the flesh is flesh; and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit. Be not astonished because I said to thee; It behooveth you to be born from above. The Spirit breathes on whom He willeth, and thou hearest His voice, but dost not know whence He cometh and whither He goeth; so is every one who has been born of the Spirit. Nicodemus responded and said to Him, How are these things able to he? Jesus responded and said to him, Art thou a teacher of Israel and knowest not these things? Truly, truly, I say unto thee, that we speak what we know, and testify what we have seen; and you received not our testimony. If I spoke to you things upon the earth, and you do net believe, how will you believe, if I speak to you of things in heaven? No one hath ascended up into heaven, but the one having come down from heaven, the Son of man, who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so does it behoove the Son of man to be lifted up: that every one believing in Him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that every one believing on Him may not perish but have eternal life. For God sent not His Son into the world that He may condemn the world; but that the world through Him may be saved. He that believeth on Him is not condemned; but he that believeth not, has already been condemned, because he has not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light; for their works are evil. For every one doing evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, in order that his works may not be convicted; but every one doing the truth comes to the light, that his works may be made manifest, because they have been wrought in God.
Nicodemus being one of them, says to them; Whether does our law judge a man, until it may first hear from him and know what he does? read more. They responded and said to him, Whither art thou also from Galilee? Search, and see that no prophet rises out of Galilee.
And Nicodemus also, the one having come at first to Jesus by night, came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.
Fausets
A ruler of the Jews, a master ("teacher") of Israel, and a Pharisee. John (Joh 3:1-10) alone mentions him. John knew the high priest (Joh 18:15), so his knowledge of Nicodemus among the high priest's associates is natural. John watched with deep interest his growth in grace, which is marked in three stages (Mr 4:26-29).
(1) An anxious inquirer. The rich were ashamed to confess Jesus openly, in spite of convictions of the reality of His mission; so Joseph of Arimathea "a disciple, but secretly for fear of the Jews" (Joh 19:38). The poor "came" by day, but Nicodemus "by night." By an undesigned coincidence marking genuineness, Jesus' discourse is tinged, as was His custom (Joh 6:26-27; 4:7-14,35), with a coloring drawn from the incidents of the moment: "this is the condemnation that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light", etc.; "every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light ... but he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God" (Joh 3:19-21). Nicodemus was now a timid but candid inquirer; sincere so far as his belief extended. Fear of man holds back many from decision for Christ (Joh 7:13; 9:22; 12:42-43; 5:44; Pr 29:25; contrast Isa 51:7-8; 66:5; Ac 5:41).
Where real grace is, however, Jesus does "not quench the smoking flax." Many of Nicodemus' fellow rulers attributed Jesus' miracles to Beelzebub; Nicodemus on the contrary avows " we (including others besides himself) know Thou art a teacher come from God, for no man can do these miracles which Thou doest, except God be with him." Nicodemus was probably one of the many who had "seen His miracles on the Passover feast day, and believed (in a superficial way, but in Nicodemus it ultimately became a deep and lasting faith) when they saw" (Joh 2:23-24); but "Jesus did not commit Himself unto them ... for He knew what was in man," as He shows now in dealing with Nicodemus. Recognition of the divine miracle. working Teacher is not enough for seeing the kingdom of God, Jesus with a twice repeated Amen solemnly declares; there must be new birth from above (margin Joh 3:3,5,7), "of water (the outward sign) and of the Spirit" (the essential thing, not inseparably joined to the water baptism: Mr 16:16; Ac 2:38 (See BAPTISM) ), so that, as an infant just born, the person is a "new creature"; compare Naaman the type, 2Ki 5:14; 2Co 5:17; Eze 36:25-26.
For, being fleshly by birth, we must continue fleshly until being born of the Spirit we become spiritual (Joh 3:6). Nature can no more east out nature than Satan cast out Satan. Like the mysterious growth of the child in the womb, and like "the wind" whose motions we cannot control but know only its effects, "the sound," etc., so is the new birth (Joh 3:8; Ec 11:5; 1Co 2:11). Such was the beginning and growth of the new life in Nicodemus (Mr 4:27). Regeneration and its fruits are inseparable; where that is, these are (1Jo 3:9; 5:1,4). Nicodemus viewed Jesus' solemn declaration as a natural man, "how can these things be?" (Joh 3:4,9; compare Joh 6:52,60; 1Co 2:14). Yet he was genuinely open to conviction, for Christ unfolds to him fully His own divine glory as having "come down from heaven," and as even then while speaking to him "being in heaven" in His divine nature; also God's love in giving His Son, and salvation through the Son who should be lifted up, as the brazen serpent was, to all who look to Him in faith, and condemnation to unbelievers.
(2) A sincere but as yet weak believer. The next stage in Nicodemus' spiritual history appears Joh 7:45-53. Naturally timid, Nicodemus nevertheless remonstrates with bigots. The Pharisees, chagrined at the failure of their officers to apprehend Jesus, said, "why have ye not brought Him?" They replied, "never man spoke like this man." The Pharisees retorted, "are ye also deceived? surely none of the rulers or the Pharisees have believed on Him, have they? (Greek) But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed." Here one who, as they thought, should have stood by them and echoed their language, ventures to cast a doubt on their proceedings: "doth our law judge any before it hear him and know what he doeth?" (compare Le 19:15; Ex 23:1). Indignantly they ask, "art thou also of Galilee? ... out of Galilee hath arisen (Greek) no prophet." Spite made them to ignore Jonah and Nahum. John marks the spiritual advance in Nicodemus by contrasting his first coming "by night" (Joh 7:50). He now virtually confesses Jesus, though in actual expression all he demands is fair play for an injured Person. As before he was an anxious inquirer, so now he is a decided though timid believer.
(3) The third stage is (Joh 19:39) when he appears as a bold and strong believer, the same Nicodemus (as John again reminds us) as "came at the first to Jesus by night." When even the twelve shrank from the danger to be apprehended from the mob who had clamored for Jesus' crucifixion, and whose appetite for blood might not yet be sated, and when Christ's cause seemed hopeless, the once timid Nicodemus shows extraordinary courage and faith Christ's crucifixion, which shook the faith of others, only confirms his. He remembers now Jesus had said He "must be lifted up," like the brazen "serpent," that all believers in Him might have eternal life. So Nicodemus had the honour of wrapping His sacred body in linen with 100 pounds of myrrh and aloes, in company, with Joseph of Arimathea.
Christ's resurrection richly rewarded the faith of him who stumbled not at His humiliation. Compare on the spiritual lesson Mt 12:20; Zec 4:10; Pr 4:18. Like Mary who "anointed Christ's body to the burying," "what Nicodemus did is and shall be spoken of for a memorial of him wheresoever the gospel is preached throughout the whole world." Where real desire after the Saviour exists, it will in the end overcome the evil of the heart, and make a man strong in faith through the Holy Spirit. The Talmud tells of a Nicodemus ben Gorion who lived until the fall of Jerusalem, a Pharisee, wealthy, pious, and of the Sanhedrin; bearing originally a name borne by one of the five rabbinical disciples of Christ (Taanith, f. 19, Sanhedrin f. 43); and that his family fell into squalid poverty.
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The bruised reed He will not break, and He will not quench the smoking wick, until He may send forth judgment unto victory.
And He said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as a man may cast seed on the ground; and he may sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed germinates and grows, as he does not know.
and he may sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed germinates and grows, as he does not know. The earth spontaneously brings forth fruit; first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear. read more. And when the fruit may develop, immediately he thrusts in the sickle, because the harvest is at hand.
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And when He was in Jerusalem at the feast, during the passover, many believed on His name, seeing His miracles which He was doing; and Jesus did not intrust Himself to them because He knows all men,
There was a man of the Pharisees, the name to him Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; the same came to Him by night, and said to Him, Rabbi, we know that thou hast come a teacher from God; for no one is able to do these miracles, which thou art doing, unless God may he with him. read more. Jesus responded and said to him, Truly, truly, I say unto thee, unless any one may be born from above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God.
Jesus responded and said to him, Truly, truly, I say unto thee, unless any one may be born from above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus says to him; How is a man able to be born, being old? whether he is able to enter the second time into the womb of his mother, and be born?
Nicodemus says to him; How is a man able to be born, being old? whether he is able to enter the second time into the womb of his mother, and be born? Jesus responded, Truly, truly, I say unto thee, Unless any one may be born of water and Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of the heavens.
Jesus responded, Truly, truly, I say unto thee, Unless any one may be born of water and Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of the heavens. That which has been born of the flesh is flesh; and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit.
That which has been born of the flesh is flesh; and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit. Be not astonished because I said to thee; It behooveth you to be born from above.
Be not astonished because I said to thee; It behooveth you to be born from above. The Spirit breathes on whom He willeth, and thou hearest His voice, but dost not know whence He cometh and whither He goeth; so is every one who has been born of the Spirit.
The Spirit breathes on whom He willeth, and thou hearest His voice, but dost not know whence He cometh and whither He goeth; so is every one who has been born of the Spirit. Nicodemus responded and said to Him, How are these things able to he?
Nicodemus responded and said to Him, How are these things able to he? Jesus responded and said to him, Art thou a teacher of Israel and knowest not these things?
And this is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light; for their works are evil. For every one doing evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, in order that his works may not be convicted; read more. but every one doing the truth comes to the light, that his works may be made manifest, because they have been wrought in God.
A woman comes from Samaria to draw water. Jesus says to her, Give me to drink. For His disciples had gone into the city, that they might purchase food. read more. A Samaritan woman says to Him, How do you, being a Jew, ask to drink from me, being a Samaritan woman? And Jesus responded and said to her, If you knew the gift of God, and the one who is speaking to you, Give me to drink; you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water. The woman says to Him, Sir, thou hast no windlass, and the well is deep: whence hast thou living water? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and himself and his sons, and his herds, drank of it? Jesus responded and said to her, Every one drinking of this water shall thirst again: but whosoever may drink of the water that I shall give to him shall never thirst; but the water which I shall give to him shall be in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.
Do you not say, That it is yet four months, and the harvest cometh? Behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes and see the fields, because they are white unto the harvest
How are you able to believe, receiving glory from one another, and do not seek the glory which is with God only?
Jesus responded to them and said, Truly, truly, I say unto you, You seek me not because you saw the miracles, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled. Labor not for the food that perishes, but the food that abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man gives to you: for this God the Father hath sealed.
Then the Jews were contending with one another, saying, How is this One able to give unto us His flesh to eat?
Then many of His disciples, hearing, said, This is a hard sermon; who is able to hear it?
No one indeed was speaking openly concerning Him on account of the fear of the Jews.
Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, Why did you not bring Him? The officers responded, Never did a man so speak, as this man speaks. read more. And the Pharisees responded to them; Are ye also deceived? Whether has any one of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on Him? But this crowd knowing not the law are accursed. Nicodemus being one of them, says to them;
Nicodemus being one of them, says to them; Whether does our law judge a man, until it may first hear from him and know what he does? read more. They responded and said to him, Whither art thou also from Galilee? Search, and see that no prophet rises out of Galilee. OMITTED TEXT
And his parents said these things, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had already stipulated, that if any one should confess Him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
Nevertheless indeed many of the rulers also believed on Him; but they were not confessing Him on account of the Pharisees, in order that they might not be put out of the synagogues: for they loved the glory of the people more than the glory of God.
And Simon Peter and the other disciples followed Jesus. And that disciple was known to the high priest, and came with Jesus into the court of the high priest.
After these things, Joseph from Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but having been hidden on account of the fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take the body of Jesus. And Pilate permitted. Then he came and took the body of Jesus. And Nicodemus also, the one having come at first to Jesus by night, came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.
And Peter said to them, Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Then they departed from the face of the sanhedrim, rejoicing indeed, because they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of his name.
in whom you are also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of depravity, in the circumcision of Christ;
having blotted out the handwriting which was against us in ordinances, which was antagonistical to us: and took it out from the midst, having nailed it to the cross;
Every one having been born of God does not sin; because his seed remains in him: and he is not able to sin, because he has been born of God.
Every one believing that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God: and every one loving with divine love him who begat, also loves him who has been begotten of him, with divine love.
because everything which has been born of God conquers the world: and this is the victory which has conquered the world, our faith.
Hastings
A Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin (Joh 3:1; 7:50), elderly (Joh 3:4) and evidently well-to-do (Joh 19:39). He is mentioned only in the Fourth Gospel, and there he figures thrice. (1) At the outset of His ministry Jesus went up to Jerusalem to keep the Feast of the Passover, and His miracles made a deep impression on Nicodemus, half persuading him that He was the Messiah; insomuch that he interviewed Him secretly under cover of the darkness (Joh 3:1-21). He began by raising the question of the miracles, which, he allowed, proved Jesus at the least a God-commissioned teacher; but Jesus interrupted him and set him face to face with the urgent and personal matter of regeneration. Nicodemus went away bewildered, but a seed had been planted in his soul. (2) During the third year of His ministry, Jesus went up to the Feast of Tabernacles (October). The rulers were now His avowed enemies, and they convened a meeting of the Sanhedrin to devise measures against Him (Joh 7:45-52). Nicodemus was present, and, a disciple at heart but afraid to avow his faith, he merely raised a point of order: 'Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear himself and know what he doeth?' (RV). (3) At the meeting of the Sanhedrin which condemned Jesus to death Nicodemus made no protest; probably he absented himself. But after the Crucifixion, ashamed of his cowardice, he at last avowed himself and joined with Joseph of Arimath
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There was a man of the Pharisees, the name to him Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews;
There was a man of the Pharisees, the name to him Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; the same came to Him by night, and said to Him, Rabbi, we know that thou hast come a teacher from God; for no one is able to do these miracles, which thou art doing, unless God may he with him. read more. Jesus responded and said to him, Truly, truly, I say unto thee, unless any one may be born from above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus says to him; How is a man able to be born, being old? whether he is able to enter the second time into the womb of his mother, and be born?
Nicodemus says to him; How is a man able to be born, being old? whether he is able to enter the second time into the womb of his mother, and be born? Jesus responded, Truly, truly, I say unto thee, Unless any one may be born of water and Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of the heavens. read more. That which has been born of the flesh is flesh; and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit. Be not astonished because I said to thee; It behooveth you to be born from above. The Spirit breathes on whom He willeth, and thou hearest His voice, but dost not know whence He cometh and whither He goeth; so is every one who has been born of the Spirit. Nicodemus responded and said to Him, How are these things able to he? Jesus responded and said to him, Art thou a teacher of Israel and knowest not these things? Truly, truly, I say unto thee, that we speak what we know, and testify what we have seen; and you received not our testimony. If I spoke to you things upon the earth, and you do net believe, how will you believe, if I speak to you of things in heaven? No one hath ascended up into heaven, but the one having come down from heaven, the Son of man, who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so does it behoove the Son of man to be lifted up: that every one believing in Him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that every one believing on Him may not perish but have eternal life. For God sent not His Son into the world that He may condemn the world; but that the world through Him may be saved. He that believeth on Him is not condemned; but he that believeth not, has already been condemned, because he has not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light; for their works are evil. For every one doing evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, in order that his works may not be convicted; but every one doing the truth comes to the light, that his works may be made manifest, because they have been wrought in God.
Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, Why did you not bring Him? The officers responded, Never did a man so speak, as this man speaks. read more. And the Pharisees responded to them; Are ye also deceived? Whether has any one of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on Him? But this crowd knowing not the law are accursed. Nicodemus being one of them, says to them;
Nicodemus being one of them, says to them; Whether does our law judge a man, until it may first hear from him and know what he does? read more. They responded and said to him, Whither art thou also from Galilee? Search, and see that no prophet rises out of Galilee.
And Nicodemus also, the one having come at first to Jesus by night, came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.
And Nicodemus also, the one having come at first to Jesus by night, came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.
Morish
Nicode'mus
One of the Pharisees and a teacher in Israel. He came to the Lord by night for instruction, and was greatly astonished to find that, instead of instruction, he needed to be born again. See NEW BIRTH. To this the Lord added that the Son of man must be lifted up: sin must be condemned, and the Son of God be given in love, in order that whosoever believeth in Him should have everlasting life: that is, heavenly blessings in new creation. Nicodemus afterwards grew bolder, and suggested in the council that the Lord ought to be heard, and His acts examined before He was condemned. The last we read of Nicodemus is that after the crucifixion he brought about a hundred pounds' weight of myrrh and aloes to embalm the Lord's body. Joh 3:1-9; 7:50; 19:39. This last act was a tacit acknowledgement of his attachment to the One to whom he had come for instruction, but who had spoken to him of God's love, and of heavenly blessings through the Son of man lifted up, and whom he had attempted to defend in the council.
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There was a man of the Pharisees, the name to him Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; the same came to Him by night, and said to Him, Rabbi, we know that thou hast come a teacher from God; for no one is able to do these miracles, which thou art doing, unless God may he with him. read more. Jesus responded and said to him, Truly, truly, I say unto thee, unless any one may be born from above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus says to him; How is a man able to be born, being old? whether he is able to enter the second time into the womb of his mother, and be born? Jesus responded, Truly, truly, I say unto thee, Unless any one may be born of water and Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of the heavens. That which has been born of the flesh is flesh; and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit. Be not astonished because I said to thee; It behooveth you to be born from above. The Spirit breathes on whom He willeth, and thou hearest His voice, but dost not know whence He cometh and whither He goeth; so is every one who has been born of the Spirit. Nicodemus responded and said to Him, How are these things able to he?
Nicodemus being one of them, says to them;
And Nicodemus also, the one having come at first to Jesus by night, came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.
Smith
Nicode'mus
(conqueror of the people), a Pharisee, a ruler of the Jews and a teacher of Israel,
Joh 3:1,10
whose secret visit to our Lord was the occasion of the discourse recorded only by St. John. In Nicodemus a noble candor and a simple love of truth shine out in the midst of hesitation and fear of man. He finally became a follower of Christ, and came with Joseph of Arimathaea to take down and embalm the body of Jesus.
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There was a man of the Pharisees, the name to him Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews;
Jesus responded and said to him, Art thou a teacher of Israel and knowest not these things?
Watsons
NICODEMUS, a disciple of Jesus Christ, a Jew by nation, and a Pharisee, Joh 3:1, &c. At the time when the priests and Pharisees had sent officers to seize Jesus, Nicodemus declared himself openly in his favour, Joh 7:45, &c; and still more so when he went with Joseph of Arimathea to pay the last duties to his body, which they took down from the cross, embalmed, and laid in a sepulchre.
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There was a man of the Pharisees, the name to him Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews;
Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, Why did you not bring Him?