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Nicodemus

A Pharisee and member of the Sanhedrin who seeks out Jesus.

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First appearance: Nicodemus the Poet, the Youngest of the Elders in the Sanhedrin

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The narrator, a Sanhedrin elder who has become a believer in Jesus.
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