Nicodemus was a Pharisee who came to Jesus by night. He was a leader on the council in Jerusalem, and that night he heard Jesus say, “Ye must be born again” (John 3:7). Only John’s Gospel tells of him, in three scenes: that night visit, a word for Jesus before the council, and the burial of Jesus. They are short scenes, and yet few people in the Gospels change so much in so little space. Augustine, preaching on John, caught…

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