Nicodemus

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Biblical figure New Testament person Pharisee member of the Sanhedrin

Nicodemus is a New Testament figure, a Pharisee and member of the Jewish ruling council who visits Jesus by night and later assists in his burial.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Nicodemus canonical	6
Nicodemus the Pharisee	1
Nikodemus (hypocoristic origin, debated)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Biblical figure ⓘ New Testament person ⓘ Pharisee ⓘ member of the Sanhedrin ⓘ
alsoCalled	Nicodemus ⓘ surface form: Nicodemus the Pharisee
appearsIn	Gospel of John ⓘ
argumentInJohn7	law should not judge a man without hearing him ⓘ
associatedDoctrine	doctrine of being born again ⓘ
associatedVerse	John 3:1–21 ⓘ
associatedWith	Jesus ⓘ
bringsForBurial	aloes ⓘ myrrh ⓘ
burialLocation	new tomb in a garden near the crucifixion site ⓘ
burialSpicesWeight	about seventy-five pounds (about a hundred Roman litrai) ⓘ
canonicalStatus	New Testament character ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Joseph of Arimathea ⓘ
defendsJesus	before the Pharisees ⓘ in John 7:50–51 ⓘ
dialogueWith	Jesus ⓘ
feastDay	August 2 (some Eastern Orthodox calendars) ⓘ August 3 (some Western calendars, with Stephen and Gamaliel) ⓘ
helpsBury	Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: Jesus
languageOfName	Greek ⓘ
literaryFunction	represents a seeking but initially misunderstanding inquirer ⓘ
memberOf	Jewish ruling council ⓘ Sanhedrin ⓘ
mentionedIn	John 19 ⓘ John 19:39 ⓘ John 3 ⓘ John 7 ⓘ
nameMeaning	victory of the people ⓘ
participatesIn	burial of Jesus ⓘ
position	ruler of the Jews ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
roleInJohn3	addresses Jesus as Rabbi ⓘ discusses being born again with Jesus ⓘ recognizes Jesus as a teacher come from God ⓘ visits Jesus at night ⓘ
socialGroup	Pharisees ⓘ
sourceType	primarily known from the Gospel of John ⓘ
topicOfDialogue	Kingdom of God ⓘ Spirit ⓘ heavenly things ⓘ new birth ⓘ
tradition	venerated as a saint in some Christian traditions ⓘ
visitsJesus	by night ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lamentation of Christ → typicalFigure → Nicodemus ⓘ

Stone of Anointing → associatedWithFigure → Nicodemus ⓘ

Joseph of Arimathea → associatedWith → Nicodemus ⓘ

The Descent from the Cross → depicts → Nicodemus ⓘ

The Descent from the Cross (Rogier van der Weyden) → depicts → Nicodemus ⓘ

Deposition from the Cross by Benedetto Antelami → depicts → Nicodemus ⓘ

Teemu → shortFormOf → Nicodemus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nikodemus (hypocoristic origin, debated)

Nicodemus → alsoCalled → Nicodemus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nicodemus the Pharisee