John 3:1

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And he came to Jesus by night, and said to him: Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher sent from God; for no one can work those signs which thou workest, unless God be with him.

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Cross References

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

John 19:39And there came also Nicodemus, (he who previously came to Jesus by night,) and he brought with him a compound of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred 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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