Now (δε). So often in John δε is explanatory and transitional, not adversative. Nicodemus is an instance of Christ's knowledge of …

A man of the Pharisees. A Pharisee.

Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. He was one of the Sanhedrin, the great counci…

The word πνεῦμα (pneuma) occurs some 370 times in the Greek New Testament, and of these, twenty-three times in this Gospel. It is nowhere …

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: the same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that…

St. Augustine of Hippo: He had said above that when He was at Jerusalem, many believed in His name when they saw the miracles He…

Nicodemus is introduced as a man of the upper class, conservative in his beliefs, and definitely interested in Jesus’ teaching. As a Pharisee he be…

Now there was a man of the Pharisees. In the person of Nicodemus, the Evangelist now shows us how vain and fleeting was the faith of those…

There was a man of the Pharisees
The Syriac version adds, "there"; that is, at Jerusalem; and who was among those th…

Nicodemus was afraid, or ashamed to be seen with Christ, and therefore came in the night. When religion is out of fashion, there are many Nicodemit…

1. Previously, the Evangelist showed Christ’s power in relation to changes affecting nature;This is an allusion to th…