John 3:1

Now there was one of the Pharisees whose name was Nicodemus--a ruler among the Jews.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2He came to Jesus by night and said, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher from God; for no one can do these miracles which you are doing, unless God is with him.

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Cross References

John 3:10"Are you," replied Jesus, "`the Teacher of Israel,' and yet do you not understand these things?

John 19:39Nicodemus too--he who at first had visited Jesus by night--came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, in weight about seventy or eighty 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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