read the Scriptures, he also explained and applied them like no one else in Israel. And Nicodemus had observed Jesus performing miracles of healing on those who were sick or handicapped. So interested was Nicodemus in Jesus’ teaching and healing ministry that he began to ask himself whether this man was the Messiah. He could honestly say that no one in Israel’s history had ever performed the miracles that Jesus was doing. But if Nicodemus were to be seen with Jesus in broad daylight, he would be