OET interlinear YHN (JHN) 3:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

δὲ

and

Now here introduces a new event that happened some time after the events the story has just related in the previous chapter. The story does not say how long after those events this new event happened. Use the natural form in your language for introducing a new event. Alternate translation: “Some time later”

Note 2 topic: writing-participants

ἦν & ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων, Νικόδημος ὄνομα αὐτῷ,

was & /a/_man of the Pharisees Nicodemus /the/_name ˱to˲_him

Here, there was a man is used to introduce Nicodemus as a new character in the story. Use the natural form in your language for introducing a new character. The phrase from the Pharisees identifies him as member of a strict Jewish religious sect. Alternate translation: “there was a man named Nicodemus, who was a member of a strict Jewish religious group”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἄρχων τῶν Ἰουδαίων

/a/_ruler ˱of˲_the Jews

This phrase means that Nicodemus was a member of the Jewish religious leadership, specifically the Jewish council called the Sanhedrin which made decisions about Jewish law. (See: council) If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “a member of the Jewish ruling council”