Category:Nicodemus (subject)

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Nicodemus was, according to Christian tradition, a wealthy sympathizer of Jesus of Nazareth at Jerusalem.

Nicodemus in ancient sources

Nicodemus is mentioned only in Christian sources, namely, the Gospel of John

The disciple of Jesus

Nocodemus appears appears three times in the Gospel of John: the first is when he visits Jesus one night to listen to his teachings (John 3:1-21); the second is when he states the law concerning the arrest of Jesus during the Feast of Tabernacles (John 7:45-51); and the last follows the Crucifixion, when he assists Joseph of Arimathea in preparing the corpse of Jesus for burial (John 19:39-42).

Later Christian traditon

Joseph of Arimathea in Scholarship

Joseph of Arimathea in Fiction

Nicodemus figures prominently in the Christian iconography of the Deposition in which he and Joseph of Arimathea are shown removing the dead Jesus of Nazareth from the cross, often with the aid of a ladder.

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