Nicodemus was a Jew with a Greek name that means “conqueror of the people.” Perhaps he was born somewhere in a country along the Mediterranean Sea where Greek was his native language. But in time he moved to Israel to be educated in the city of Jerusalem. He had an interest in the Scriptures and eventually became an interpreter of the Law of Moses. By joining the synagogue party of the Pharisees, he fulfilled his desire to be with those who had
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