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Now there was a man of the Pharisees his nicodemus a ruler of the Jews this man came to Him by night and said to Him; Rabbi we have known that you have come as a teacher from God for no one is do those miracles that you are performed unless God is with him. John 3:1-2 Although nicodemus was a high ranking official of the Jewish he was a depraved religious Pharisees.   Since Nicodemus compound noun nike victory and demos people or crowd name means conqueror of the populace he was more than a master of a synagogue.