Joh 3:1 | HCSB | STEP | There was a man from the Pharisees named Nicodemus , a ruler of the Jews .

John 3:1

1 There was a man from the ^{▼▼Pharisee(s): In Judaism a religious sect that followed the whole written and oral law}Pharisees ^b named Nicodemus, ^c a ruler ^d of the ^{▼▼Jew(s): In Jn the term Jews usually indicates those in Israel who were opposed to Jesus, particularly the Jewish authorities in Jerusalem who led the nation.}Jews.