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Jesus Christ and Nicodemus
How Jesus Christ and Nicodemus are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Jesus Christ and Nicodemus met.
Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews, came to Jesus by night and heard that a man must be born again. He later asked the council whether the law judges a man "before it hear him", and helped to bury Jesus.
Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God
John 3:3, King James Version
Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him
John 7:51, King James Version
And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night
John 19:39, King James Version
Where they cross: John 3:1-3
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
John 3:1-3
1There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
John 7:51
51Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
John 19:39
39And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
King James Version