Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council.
Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the people,
He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.
“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things?
Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities really concluded that he is the Messiah?