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OET (OET-RV) After dark one evening, a Jewish leader named Nicodemus who was a member of the Pharisee party
OET-LV And was a_man of the Farisaios_party, Nikodaʸmos the_name to_him, a_ruler of_the Youdaiōns,
SR-GNT Ἦν δὲ ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων, Νικόδημος ὄνομα αὐτῷ, ἄρχων τῶν Ἰουδαίων· ‡
(Aʸn de anthrōpos ek tōn Farisaiōn, Nikodaʸmos onoma autōi, arⱪōn tōn Youdaiōn;)
Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Now there was a man from the Pharisees, Nicodemus was his name, a ruler of the Jews.
UST Now there was a man named Nicodemus. He was a member of a strict Jewish religious group called the Pharisees. He was a member of the highest Jewish governing council.
BSB § Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
BLB And there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
AICNT There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews;
OEB ¶ Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a leading man among his people.
LSB Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews;
WEBBE Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
WMBB Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Judeans.
NET Now a certain man, a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish ruling council,
LSV And there was a man of the Pharisees, his name Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews;
FBV There was a man named Nicodemus, a Pharisee and a member of the Jewish ruling council.
TCNT Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
T4T There was a man named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish religious council. He belonged to the Pharisee religious sect.
LEB Now there was a man of the Pharisees whose name was[fn] Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
3:1 Literally “the name to him”
BBE Now there was among the Pharisees a man named Nicodemus, who was one of the rulers of the Jews.
Moff No Moff YHN (JHN) book available
Wymth Now there was one of the Pharisees whose name was Nicodemus—a ruler among the Jews.
ASV Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
DRA And there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
YLT And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews,
Drby But there was a man from among the Pharisees, his name Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews;
RV Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
Wbstr There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
KJB-1769 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
KJB-1611 ¶ There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of ye Iewes:
(¶ There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Yewes:)
Bshps There was a man of the pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Iewes.
(There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Yewes.)
Gnva There was nowe a man of the Pharises, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Iewes.
(There was now a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Yewes. )
Cvdl There was a man of the Pharises, named Nicodemus a ruler amoge the Iewes.
(There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus a ruler among the Yewes.)
TNT Ther was a man of the pharises named Nicodemus a ruler amonge the Iewes.
(Ther was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus a ruler among the Yewes. )
Wyc And there was a man of the Farisees, Nychodeme bi name, a prince of the Jewis.
(And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nychodeme by name, a prince of the Yewis.)
Luth Es war aber ein Mensch unter den Pharisäern mit Namen Nikodemus, ein Oberster unter den Juden.
(It what/which but a person under the Pharisäern with name(s) Nikodemus, a Oberster under the Yuden.)
ClVg Erat autem homo ex pharisæis, Nicodemus nomine, princeps Judæorum.[fn]
(Erat however human from pharisæis, Nicodemus nomine, prince Yudæorum. )
3.1 Erat autem homo, etc. Hic erat unus ex his, qui per signa crediderant. Nicodemus nomine. Nicodemus, victoria populi, vel victor populi gestans figuram omnium qui ex Judaico populo in Christum credentes per fidem vincunt mundum.
3.1 Erat however homo, etc. Hic was unus from his, who through signa crediderant. Nicodemus nomine. Nicodemus, victoria of_the_people, or victor of_the_people gestans figuram omnium who from Yudaico to_the_people in Christum credentes through faith vincunt the_world.
UGNT ἦν δὲ ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων, Νικόδημος ὄνομα αὐτῷ, ἄρχων τῶν Ἰουδαίων;
(aʸn de anthrōpos ek tōn Farisaiōn, Nikodaʸmos onoma autōi, arⱪōn tōn Youdaiōn;)
SBL-GNT Ἦν δὲ ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων, Νικόδημος ὄνομα αὐτῷ, ἄρχων τῶν Ἰουδαίων·
(Aʸn de anthrōpos ek tōn Farisaiōn, Nikodaʸmos onoma autōi, arⱪōn tōn Youdaiōn;)
TC-GNT Ἦν δὲ ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων, Νικόδημος ὄνομα αὐτῷ, ἄρχων τῶν Ἰουδαίων·
(Aʸn de anthrōpos ek tōn Farisaiōn, Nikodaʸmos onoma autōi, arⱪōn tōn Youdaiōn; )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).
3:1 John links 2:25 and 3:1 by referring to humanity as a whole (“human nature,” 2:25) and then to one specific man using the same Greek word (anthrōpos) in both verses.
• Nicodemus was saturated in religious knowledge and had witnessed Jesus’ work (2:13-24), but he had not experienced spiritual rebirth.
• a Pharisee: See study note on 1:24. He was elite, proud of his spiritual purity, and well educated in Jewish law.
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”