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Joh 7:50 N said to them, he who came to him by night
Joh 19:39 N, the one who had previously visited Jesus
Nicodemus (Gr. Nikód’mos, “victorious over the people”; Heb. Naqdêmôn; the name occurs frequently between Gr. and Jews). Pharisee, member of the Sanhedrin, who visited Jesus at night to discuss his teachings (John 3: 1-21). He chose the night hours for fear that he would be ridiculed if seen by his fellow Pharisees, among whom Jesus was decidedly unsympathetic. Although he was a teacher in Israel and had been interested in the message of Christ, he was ignorant of some elementary principles of the kingdom of God as preached by Jesus. However, the interview must have made a deep impression on him. Although he did not become a disciple of Jesus, the seed sown that night bore fruit over time. A few months before the crucifixion, when the members of the Sanhedrin, in one of their meetings, denounced Jesus as an impostor, Nicodemus raised his voice in his defense, asking if it was permissible for a man to be condemned before he had listened to him. (John 7:50-52). After Christ’s death on the cross, he cast his lot on the side of the despised teacher of Nazareth. He along with Joseph of Arimathea, another member of the Sanhedrin, took the Master’s body and gave it a decent, albeit temporary, burial (19:39-42). Christian legend makes him the author of the apocryphal work of a late period: The Acts of Pilate.
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
Greek, conqueror of the people, victor with the people.
Jewish Pharisee; Jewish scribe and magistrate Jn 3, 1, who belonged to the Sanhedrin, Jn 7, 50. He considered Jesus as a teacher come from God, since no one could perform the signs that he performed if God was not with him.
He visited Jesus one night trying not to arouse the opinions of the Jewish people and leaders, and talked with him about the new birth, how someone could be born old, born again, and the purpose of Jesus’ ministry, Jn 3, 1-21. She later interceded in favor of Jesus before the Sanhedrin, Jn 7, 50-52, and when Jesus died, she brought more than 30 kilograms of a mixture of myrrh and aloe to bury him according to Jewish custom, Jn 19, 39 .
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
(winner of the people). A leader from among the Pharisees, a ruler of the Jews, and a member of the Sanhedrin. He came to Jesus at night (John 3:1-14). Jesus made him aware of his need for a new birth. Later, at the Feast of Tabernacles (John 7:25-44), as the Jewish leaders planned to put Jesus to death, Nicodemus spoke in his defense, albeit timidly, in the Sanhedrin, suggesting that they were unjust in condemning a person no opportunity for a fair trial. However, after Jesus’ death, Nicodemus boldly showed up with Joseph of Arimathea (Joh 19:38-42), brought an expensive embalming spice compound, and helped bury the body.
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
(Winner of the people).
Pharisee, Sanhedrite, prince of the Jews.
-He visited Jesus at night, Jn.3.
– He spoke in favor of Jesus in the Sanhedrin, Joh 7:45-52.
– He brought aromas to the burial of Jesus, Joh 19:39-42.
Christian Bible Dictionary
Dr. J. Dominguez
http://bible.com/dictionary/
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
(Conqueror of the people). Prestigious Israelite man, member of the Sanhedrin, whom the Lord Jesus called “master of Israel” for being well versed in religion. Although the interview he had with the Lord occurred † œat night †, which seems to give the idea that it was something discreet, it is generally believed that N. was a disciple of Christ. He received the message of the new birth. That is, although he was a distinguished and very religious Israelite, if he wanted to “see the kingdom of God” he had to be “born again” (John 3:1-10). He expressed himself in the Sanhedrin saying that no one should be judged “unless he first listens to him and knows what he has done”, speaking of the Lord Jesus when the Pharisees discussed him after the healing of the man born blind (Jua 7:50- 52). When the death of the Lord Jesus † œcame bringing a compound of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds † to embalm his body (Joh 19:39). No further information about him is known from the Bible, but tradition teaches that he suffered persecution because of his faith in the Lord, for which he had to leave Jerusalem. There is a pseudepigraphical book, the Gospel of Nicodemus, which mentions it.
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
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vet, (Gr. “victorious with the people”). Pharisee, member of the Sanhedrin. Jesus’ miracles convinced him that the “Nazarene” was sent from God. Nicodemus went to meet Jesus at night so as not to be seen, or because the hour was favorable to him. Jesus explained what the “new birth” is; He told him that God, in his love, had given his only begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life (Jn. 3: 1-21). When the members of the Sanhedrin accused Jesus of being an impostor, Nicodemus asked them if the Law authorized them to condemn someone before they had listened to him (Jn. 7:50-52). Finally, this doctor of the Law contributed around one hundred Roman pounds of a composition of myrrh and aloes for the embalming of the corpse of Jesus (Jn. 19:39).
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Influential character in Jerusalem, Pharisee and prince of the Jews, as he was a member of the Sanhedrin. He came at night to converse with Jesus (Jn. 3.1-21). When it was determined among the leaders to arrest Jesus, Nicodemus defended him.
The guards came back saying, “No man ever spoke like this man.” Nicodemus intervened on his behalf: “Does our law condemn someone without having heard him?” This produced a bitter response from the other members of the Sanhedrin (Jn. 7.50).
Nicodemus was present at the burial of Jesus (Jn. 19.39) together with Joseph of Arimathea. Only Saint John alludes to Nicodemus. The other evangelists did not pick up his gestures and his adherence to Jesus, although in the first community his figure was important.
Then he faded into memory and tradition made him an important disciple who was sentenced by the Jews to punishment and confiscation of property. The legend added other information: that he was the nephew of Gamaliel, that he was flogged and expelled from the synagogue, that he died shortly after Stephen’s martyrdom, when the first persecution against the disciples arose. (Acts 8.1) An apocryphon of the fourth century was attributed to him without any foundation.
Pedro Chico González, Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy, Editorial Bruño, Lima, Peru 2006
Source: Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy
Notable man, belonging to the Sanhedrin. Pharisee and teacher of Israel, who had great consideration for Jesus, to the point of having him as an envoy of God. Jesus, for his part, considers him to be a straight, sincere and faithful man, but who does not quite understand his message. On a certain occasion he came out to defend Jesus, and when Jesus died, he brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes to anoint his body (Jn 3,1-21; 7,50; 19,39).
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FERNANDEZ RAMOS, Felipe (Dir.), Dictionary of Jesus of Nazareth, Editorial Monte Carmelo, Burbos, 2001
Source: Dictionary of Jesus of Nazareth
(People’s Winner).
Pharisee, teacher of Israel and ruler of the Jews (i.e. member of the Sanhedrin), mentioned only in the Gospel of John. Nicodemus was impressed by the signs that Jesus performed in Jerusalem at Passover 30 CE. For this reason he visited him one night and recognized that he must have come from God. (It is likely that he chose the cover of darkness for this first visit due to fear of the Jews.) It was to Nicodemus that Jesus spoke of †˜being born again†™ in order to see the kingdom of God, which no man had ascended to heaven, from the love that God showed by sending the Son to Earth, and from the need to exercise faith. (Joh 2:23; 3:1-21.)
About two and a half years later, after the Feast of Booths, the Pharisees sent some officers to arrest Jesus. Returning empty-handed, the Pharisees despised them for giving a favorable report about Jesus; after this Nicodemus said: “Our law does not judge a man unless it has first heard from him and come to know what he does, does it?”. Because of these words the others made fun of him. (Joh 7:45-52) After Jesus’ death, Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea, the fearful disciple, brought “a roll of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds† (33 Kg.), an expensive offering, with the one to prepare the body of Jesus for burial. (Joh 19:38-40) The Bible neither supports nor denies the traditions that Nicodemus later became a disciple, was expelled from the Sanhedrin and Jerusalem, died a martyrdom, and so on.
Source: Dictionary of the Bible
This name is gr. and it means “conqueror of the people”. He is mentioned only in the fourth Gospel, where he is described as a Pharisee and chief of the Jews (ie a member of the Sanhedrin), who visited Jesus at night (Jn. 3:1–21). He seems to have been a sincere man who was attracted by the character and teaching of Jesus, but who feared that his interest would be known by the other Pharisees. He could not understand the spiritual metaphors used by Christ. Nicodemus fades from the scene, and we are left with the words of Christ to a Judaism shrouded in darkness.
Nicodemus is mentioned again in Jn. 7.50–52, where he showed more courage in protesting against the condemnation of Christ without being given a chance to defend himself. The last reference is found in Jn. 19.40, where he is said to have brought an abundant supply of spices to anoint the body of Christ. Nothing more is known of him, despite a large number of legends (eg in the Gospel of Nicodemus, apocryphal). The identification of him with the wealthy and generous Naqdimon ben-Gorion of the Talmud is uncertain.
Bibliography. M. de Jonge, “Nicodemus and Jesus”, BJRL 53, 1970–71, pp. 337ff.
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Douglas, J. (2000). New Biblical Dictionary: First Edition. Miami: United Bible Societies.
Source: New Bible Dictionary
Prominent Jew of the time of Christ, mentioned only in the Gospel according to Saint John. The name is of Greek origin, but at that time such names were occasionally borrowed by the Jews, and according to Flavius Josephus (Ant. of the Jews, XIV, III, 2) Nicodemus was the name of one of the ambassadors sent by Aristobulus to Pompey. A Hebrew form of the name (Naqdimon) is found in the Talmud. Nicodemus was a Pharisee, and in his capacity as a member of the Sanhedrin, (Jn. 7,50) he was a leader of the Jews. Jesus Christ, in the interview when Nicodemus came to him at night, calls him a…