Nicodemus
a member of the Jewish Sanhedrin, at first a Pharisee, and afterward a disciple of Jesus. He was early convinced that Christ came from NICOLAIEV God, but was not ready at once to rank himself among His followers. In John iii: 1-20, he first appears as a timid inhimself among His followers. In John iii: 1-20, he first appears as a timid inquirer after the truth, learning the great doctrines of regeneration and atonement.
In John v.: 45-52, we see him cautiously defending the Saviour before the San- hedrin. At last, in the trying scene of the crucifixion, he avowed himself a bethe crucifixion, he avowed himself a believer, and came with Joseph of Arimathea to pay the last duties to the body of Christ, which they took down from the cross, embalmed, and laid in the sepulcher (John xix: 39).