There was a man named Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader who was a Pharisee.
Then Pilate called together the leading priests and other religious leaders, along with the people,
With him came Nicodemus, the man who had come to Jesus at night. He brought about seventy-five pounds of perfumed ointment made from myrrh and aloes.
Jesus replied, “You are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don’t understand these things?
But here he is, speaking in public, and they say nothing to him. Could our leaders possibly believe that he is the Messiah?