John 3:1

Now there was a man among the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

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In The King James Version

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

In Context

2He went to Jesus at night, and he said to him: “Rabbi, we know that you have arrived as a teacher from God. For no one would be able to accomplish these signs, which you accomplish, unless God were with him.”

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Cross References

John 3:10Jesus responded and said to him: “You are a teacher in Israel, and you are ignorant of these things?

John 19:39Now Nicodemus also arrived, (who had gone to Jesus at first by night) bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloe, weighing about seventy pounds.

Matthew Henry on John 3:1

In this chapter we have, I. Christ's discourse with Nicodemus, a Pharisee, concerning the great mysteries of the gospel, in which he here privately instructs him, ver. 1-21 . II. John Baptist's discourse with his disciples concerning Christ, upon occasion of his coming into the neighbourhood where John was ( ver. 22-36 ), in which he fairly and faithfully resigns all his honour and interest to him. Read the whole commentary →

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