John 3:1 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹ Now there was a Pharisee, a leader of the Jews, named Nicodemus.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ NOW THERE was a certain man among the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler (a leader, an authority) among the Jews,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

Common English Bible

¹ There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a Jewish leader.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Now there was a man among the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ AND there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

John 3:1 Cross References

Luke 23:13

Then Pilate called together the leading priests, the [Jewish] leaders and the people,

John 19:39

Nicodemus, the man who first came to Jesus one night, also went with him [i.e., to claim Jesus’ body]. He brought about a seventy-five pound mixture of myrrh and aloes [i.e., aromatic spices used for embalming].

John 3:10

Jesus answered him, “Are you a teacher of the Israelites and [yet] you do not understand these things?

John 7:26

And look, he is speaking openly and they are not saying anything to him [about it]. Can it be that the [Jewish] authorities know that he really is the Messiah [i.e., the Christ, God’s specially chosen one]?