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NICODEMUS

(Gk. Nikódēmos)

A Pharisee, a member of the Sanhedrin (“leader of the Jews”), and a scribe (“teacher of Israel”; John 3:1-14). Nicodemus came to Jesus at night (possibly so as not to compromise his position) as a person perplexed by Jesus’ discourse about the new birth. He later defends Jesus before the Sanhedrin (John 7:50-52). After Jesus’ death, Nicodemus provides an enormous amount of spices for Jesus’ burial, thus implying that he was wealthy (John 19:39-40).

The Babylonian Talmud mentions a certain Nakdimon (the Hebrew equivalent of Gk. Nikódēmos) who flourished ca. a.d. 66-70, but the biblical Nicodemus was probably dead by then. Nakdimon, however, could have been a member of his family. In several NT apocryphal works Nicodemus defends Jesus at his trial, is converted to Christianity, expelled from the Sanhedrin, and dies a martyr’s death. However, such legends probably bear little truth.

James A. Brooks






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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