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Nicodemus
A Pharisee and ruler who came to Jesus by night to hear of the new birth, later defended Him, and helped bury Him (John 3; 7:50; 19:39).
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Christ Instructing Nicodemus, Jacob Jordaens
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Nicodemus in Scripture
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New Testament1 book · 5 mentions
John5 mentions
- John 3:1Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
- John 3:4“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”
- John 3:9“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
- John 7:50Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,
- John 19:39Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.
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Other people MannaFest has a page for whose name the text uses in John 3, John 7 and John 19. Each card shows the verse it came from. Scripture reuses names freely, so a page behind a name here may belong to another person who shares it.
MosesIsrael's deliverer from Egyptian slavery, covenant mediator, and lawgiver.John 3:14Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
DavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.John 7:42Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
JosephThe rejected-then-exalted son — Genesis's great Christ-type; preserver of his family and of Egypt; the bridge into Exod…John 19:38Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.
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