John 3:1

New American Bible - revised edition

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

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Pilate then summoned the chief priests, the rulers, and the people

Nicodemus, the one who had first come to him at night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about one hundred pounds.

Jesus answered and said to him, “You are the teacher of Israel and you do not understand this?

And look, he is speaking openly and they say nothing to him. Could the authorities have realized that he is the Messiah?