And there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
And when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
And Nicodemus also came, who at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.
Jesus answered and said to him, Are you the teacher of Israel and do not know these things?
But lo, he speaks publicly, and they say nothing to him. Perhaps the rulers truly know that this is the Christ indeed?