John 3:1

There was a man named Nicodemus, a Pharisee and a member of the Jewish ruling council.

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

In Context

2He came at night to where Jesus was and said, “Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God, for nobody could do the miraculous signs you're doing unless God was with him.”

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Cross References

John 3:10“You're a famous teacher in Israel, and yet you don't understand such things?” Jesus replied.

John 19:39He was joined by Nicodemus, the man who had first visited Jesus at night. He brought with him a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about seventy-five 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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