1 Kwase kwaba khona umuntfu wakubaFarisi, libito lakhe bekunguNikhodemu; abeyindvuna yemaJuda.
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Nikhodemu, lona loweta kutawubonana naJesu ebusuku, wahamba kanye naJosefa. Nikhodemu abephetse emakha, labeyinhlanganisela yemure nenhlaba, labenesisindvo lesasingaba ngemakhilogremu langema-32.
Jesu waphendvula watsi: “Wena, ungumfundzisi waka-Israyeli. Pho, awukucondzi ngani loku?
Ase nimbuke, ukhuluma nje ebaleni, akafihli, kute labamphikisa kuko. Kungahle kube kwentiwa kutsi baphatsi nabo sebayati yini kutsi lomuntfu vele unguKhristu?