And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus by name, a prince of the Jews.
And Pilate called together the princes of priests, and the magistrates of the people,
And Nicodemus came also, that had come to him first by night, [or that had come to Jesus first in the night], and brought a meddling of myrrh and aloes, as it were an hundred pound.
Jesus answered, and said to him, Thou art a master in Israel, and knowest not these things?
and lo! he speaketh openly, and they say nothing to him. Whether the princes know verily that this is Christ?