Who was Nicodemus in the Bible?
Nicodemos era um fariseu e membro do conselho judaico que foi ter com Jesus à noite com perguntas. Aparece três vezes no Evangelho de João e passa de uma curiosidade cautelosa a honrar abertamente Jesus no seu sepultamento.
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John introduces Nicodemus as “a man of the Pharisees … a ruler of the Jews” (John 3:1). He came to Jesus by night — perhaps from caution, perhaps because he wanted an unhurried conversation. He acknowledged Jesus as a teacher “come from God,” and Jesus answered with the call to be born again.
Nicodemus appears twice more. In John 7 he urges the council to give Jesus a fair hearing rather than condemn him unheard. Then in John 19, after the crucifixion, he helps Joseph of Arimathea bury Jesus, bringing a large, costly amount of spices — a public act of devotion.
His story is often read as a quiet journey from secret inquiry toward open faith, showing that even a learned religious leader needed the new birth Jesus described.