John 3:1

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

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2this one came unto him by night, and said to him, 'Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come — a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.'

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Cross References

John 3:10Jesus answered and said to him, 'Thou art the teacher of Israel — and these things thou dost not know!

John 19:39and Nicodemus also came — who came unto Jesus by night at the first — bearing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, as it were, 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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