Category:Nicodemus (subject)

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

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

John.3.1 - Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. John.3.4 - Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” John.3.9 - Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?”

John 7:50 - Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them...

John 19:39 - Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight.

Later Christian traditions

Nicodemus in Scholarship

Nicodemus 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.

The meeting between Jesus and Nicodemus is less often depicted in traditional iconography. In modern movies on Jesus of Nazareth, the episode offers the opportunity for a cameo by a renowned actor, such as Joseph Schildkraut in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965 Stevens), film, or Laurence Olivier in Jesus of Nazareth (1977 Zeffirelli), film.

Related categories

• Jesus of Nazareth (subject)
• Joseph of Arimathea (subject)

External links

• Wikipedia