Now there was among the Pharisees a man named Nicodemus, who was one of the rulers of the Jews.
And Pilate sent for the chief priests and the rulers and the people, and said to them,
And Nicodemus came he who had first come to Jesus by night with a roll of myrrh and aloes mixed, about a hundred pounds.
And Jesus, answering, said, Are you the teacher of Israel and have no knowledge of these things?
And here he is talking openly and they say nothing to him! Is it possible that the rulers have knowledge that this is truly the Christ?