Thematic Bible: Secret discipleship, examples of
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After this, Joseph of Arimathaea, a disciple of Jesus but a secret disciple ??for fear of the Jews ??asked Pilate for permission to remove the body of Jesus. And Pilate allowed him. So he went and removed the body,
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For fear of the Jews, however, nobody spoke of him in public.
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Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who belonged to the Jewish authorities; he came one night to Jesus and said, "Rabbi, we know you have come from God to teach us, for no one could perform these Signs of yours unless God were with him."
Still, a number even of the authorities believed in him, though they would not confess it on account of the Pharisees, in case of being excommunicated;
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