John 3:1

There was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

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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 You have come from God as a teacher, for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.”

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Cross References

John 3:10“Are you Israel’s teacher,” asked Jesus, “and yet you don’t understand these things?

John 19:39Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing about a hundred Roman pounds of a mixture of myrrh and aloes.

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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