But there was a man from the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews.
And Pilate, having called together the chief priests and the leaders and the people,
And Nicodemus also came, the one coming at first to Jesus by night, bearing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred Roman pounds.
Jesus answered and said to him, You are the teacher of Israel, and you do not know these things?
And, behold, He speaks freely, and they say nothing to Him. Perhaps the rulers truly knew that this is truly the Christ?