John 3:1

And there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2This man came to Jesus by night and said to him: Rabbi, we know that thou art come a teacher from God; for no man can do these signs which thou dost, unless God be with him.

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Cross References

John 3:10Jesus answered and said to him: Art thou a master in Israel, and knowest not these things?

John 19:39And Nicodemus also came (he who at the first came to Jesus by night), bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.

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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