Man living at the time of the New Testament
Nicodemus
A Pharisee and a ruler of the Jews who came to Jesus by night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God.” Jesus told him that he must be born anew, and explained that God so loved the world that he gave his only Son (John 3:1–21). Later he asked the council, “Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him?” (John 7:50–51). After the crucifixion he brought about a hundred pounds of myrrh and aloes and helped Joseph of Arimathea bury Jesus (John 19:38–42).