Nicodemus was a member of the Sanhedrin council and one of the leaders of Israel. He is mentioned only in the Gospel of John. He was very interested in Jesus, but due to his status, he came to Jesus at night to avoid public attention.
John 3:1Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council.John 3:2He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”John 3:3Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”John 3:4“How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”John 3:5Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.John 3:6Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.John 3:7You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’John 3:8The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”John 3:9“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
When the group of Pharisees investigated and evaluated Jesus, he cautiously stepped forward to defend Jesus.
John 7:47“You mean to tell us that you also have been led astray?” the Pharisees retorted.John 7:48“Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?John 7:49No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.”John 7:50Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked,John 7:51“Does our law condemn anyone without first hearing them to find out what they have been doing?”John 7:52They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.”
When Jesus died, he brought myrrh and aloes to bury Jesus.
John 19:39He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.