50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)



Ver. 50. Nicodemus saith unto them] Good blood will not belie itself; love, as fire, will not long be hidden. Croesus’s dumb son could not but speak to see his father ready to be slain, {a} Nicodemus, though hitherto a night bird, now shows himself for Christ in a council. How far had Judas outstripped Nicodemus till it came to the upshot! Nicodemus was only a night professor, Judas in the sight of all. Nicodemus a slow scholar, Judas a forward preacher. Yet at last, when Judas betrayed Christ in the night, Nicodemus faithfully professed him in the day, &c.



{a} áíèñùðå, ìç êôåéíå Êñïéóïí . Herod.