Nicodemus information

Saint

Nicodemus
Saint; Nicodemus
	Nicodemus helping to take down Jesus' body from the cross (The Deposition, by Michelangelo)
Defender of Jesus
Born	Galilee
Died	Judea
Venerated in	Anglicanism; Catholicism; Eastern Orthodoxy; Lutheranism; Oriental Orthodoxy;
Canonized	Pre-Congregation
Feast	Various (see § Veneration): 3rd Sunday of Pascha, 2 August, 3 August, 31 August
Attributes	Pharisee
Patronage	Curiosity[citation needed]; Undertakers and pallbearers;

Nicodemus (/nɪkəˈdiːməs/; Greek: Νικόδημος, translit. Nikódēmos; Imperial Aramaic: 𐡍𐡒𐡃𐡉𐡌𐡅𐡍, romanized: Naqdīmūn; Hebrew: נַקְדִּימוֹן, romanized: Naqdīmōn) is a New Testament figure venerated as a saint in a number of Christian traditions. He is depicted as a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin who is drawn to hear Jesus's teachings. As is the case with Lazarus, Nicodemus is not mentioned in the synoptic Gospels, and is mentioned only by John,^[2] who devotes more than half of Chapter 3 of his gospel and a few verses of Chapter 7 to Nicodemus, and lastly mentions him in Chapter 19.

Nicodemus is considered by both Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church traditions to have secretly been a disciple of Jesus on the basis of the narrative in John 19; there is no explicit mention of his discipleship in the Gospel of John. Owing to his insistence on a hearing for Jesus according to Jewish law, Nicodemus is sometimes referred to as "defender of Jesus".^[3]

Although there is no clear source of information about Nicodemus outside the Gospel of John, Ochser and Kohler, writing in The Jewish Encyclopedia in 1905,^[4] identify him with Nicodemus ben Gurion, mentioned in the Talmud as a wealthy and popular holy man reputed to have had miraculous powers. Some 21st-century historians make the same connection.^[5] Other scholars reject this identification, arguing that the biblical Nicodemus is likely an older man at the time of his conversation with Jesus, while Nicodemus ben Gurion was on the scene forty years later, at the time of the First Jewish-Roman War.^[6]^[7]

An apocryphal work under his name – the Gospel of Nicodemus – was produced in the mid-4th century, and is mostly a reworking of the earlier Acts of Pilate, which recounts the Harrowing of Hell.

^ "Saints Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus". Franciscan Media. 31 August 2020. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023.
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- Pancaro, Severino (1972). "The Metamorphosis of a Legal Principle in the Fourth Gospel. A Closer Look at Jn 7,51". Biblica. 53 (3): 340–361. ISSN 0006-0887. JSTOR 42610052.
- Pilch, John J. (14 March 2021). "The world's darkness — Historical Cultural Context: Fourth Sunday of Lent Year B". Sunday SLU Liturgy. Saint Louis University.
^ Ochser, Schulim; Kohler, Kaufmann (1905). "Nicodemus". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. pp. 299–300.
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See, for instance:
- Flusser, David (16 December 2013). "Character Profiles: Gamaliel and Nicodemus". Jerusalem Perspective.
- Flusser, David (1997). Jesus. Jerusalem: Magnes Press. p. 148. ISBN 965-223-978-X; ISBN 978-965-223-978-5
- Safrai, Zeev (2005). "Nakdimon b. Guryon: A Galilean Aristocrat in Jerusalem". In Jack Pastor; Menachem Mor (eds.). The Beginnings of Christianity. Jerusalem: Yad Ben-Zvi Press. pp. 297–314. ISBN 978-9652171511.
^ Carson, D. A. (1991). The Gospel according to John. Leicester: InterVarsity. p. 186.
^ Bauckham, Richard (1996). "Nicodemus and the Gurion Family". The Journal of Theological Studies. 47 (1): 1–37. doi:10.1093/jts/47.1.1. ISSN 0022-5185. JSTOR 23966458.

[1] "Saints Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus". Franciscan Media. 31 August 2020. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023.

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[3] 
Pancaro, Severino (1972). "The Metamorphosis of a Legal Principle in the Fourth Gospel. A Closer Look at Jn 7,51". Biblica. 53 (3): 340–361. ISSN 0006-0887. JSTOR 42610052.
Pilch, John J. (14 March 2021). "The world's darkness — Historical Cultural Context: Fourth Sunday of Lent Year B". Sunday SLU Liturgy. Saint Louis University.

[4] Pancaro, Severino (1972). "The Metamorphosis of a Legal Principle in the Fourth Gospel. A Closer Look at Jn 7,51". Biblica. 53 (3): 340–361. ISSN 0006-0887. JSTOR 42610052.

[5] Pilch, John J. (14 March 2021). "The world's darkness — Historical Cultural Context: Fourth Sunday of Lent Year B". Sunday SLU Liturgy. Saint Louis University.

[4] Ochser, Schulim; Kohler, Kaufmann (1905). "Nicodemus". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. pp. 299–300.

[5] See, for instance:
Flusser, David (16 December 2013). "Character Profiles: Gamaliel and Nicodemus". Jerusalem Perspective.

Flusser, David (1997). Jesus. Jerusalem: Magnes Press. p. 148. ISBN 965-223-978-X; ISBN 978-965-223-978-5

Safrai, Zeev (2005). "Nakdimon b. Guryon: A Galilean Aristocrat in Jerusalem". In Jack Pastor; Menachem Mor (eds.). The Beginnings of Christianity. Jerusalem: Yad Ben-Zvi Press. pp. 297–314. ISBN 978-9652171511.

[8] Flusser, David (16 December 2013). "Character Profiles: Gamaliel and Nicodemus". Jerusalem Perspective.

[9] Flusser, David (1997). Jesus. Jerusalem: Magnes Press. p. 148. ISBN 965-223-978-X; ISBN 978-965-223-978-5

[10] Safrai, Zeev (2005). "Nakdimon b. Guryon: A Galilean Aristocrat in Jerusalem". In Jack Pastor; Menachem Mor (eds.). The Beginnings of Christianity. Jerusalem: Yad Ben-Zvi Press. pp. 297–314. ISBN 978-9652171511.

[Carson-6] Carson, D. A. (1991). The Gospel according to John. Leicester: InterVarsity. p. 186.

[7] Bauckham, Richard (1996). "Nicodemus and the Gurion Family". The Journal of Theological Studies. 47 (1): 1–37. doi:10.1093/jts/47.1.1. ISSN 0022-5185. JSTOR 23966458.

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