Nicodemus (he who came to him by night, being one of them) said to them,
Parallel translations
- KJV Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)
- BSB Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,
- ESV Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them,
- NKJV Nicodemus (he who came to Jesus by night, being one of them) said to them,
- NASB Nicodemus (the one who came to Him before, being one of them) *said to them,
- NLT Then Nicodemus, the leader who had met with Jesus earlier, spoke up.
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Cross-references · 2
- John 19:39Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred Roman pounds.
- John 3:1–2Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
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