This message is part of the Easter series Jesus' Passion Through the Eyes of John. We have been looking at some of the people and events that John mentions that the other gospel authors do not. Tonight we will reflect upon Nicodemus, who first came to Jesus at night as a stealth seeker, but ultimately became a bold disciple who participated in the burial of Jesus.

1. Through the Eyes of John
Jesus’ Passion

2. Journeying Towards
the Light of Christ

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4. Luke 11
35 Therefore be careful lest
the light in you be darkness.

5. John 1
4 In him was life, and the life
was the light of men. 5 The
light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness has not
overcome it.

6. This is the message
we heard from Jesus
and now declare to
you: God is light, and
there is no darkness
in him at all.
(1 John 1:5)

8. John 3
4 “How can a man be born
when he is old? Can he enter
a second time into his
mother's womb and be
born?”

9. John 3
9b “How can these things be?”
10 Jesus answered him, “Are
you the teacher of Israel and
yet you do not understand
these things?

10. John 3
11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we
speak of what we know, and
bear witness to what we have
seen, but you do not receive
our testimony.

11. John 3
12 If I have told you earthly
things and you do not
believe, how can you believe
if I tell you heavenly things?

12. John 3
13 No one has ascended into
heaven except he who
descended from heaven, the
Son of Man.

13. John 3
14 And as Moses lifted up the
serpent in the wilderness, so
must the Son of Man be lifted
up, 15 that whoever believes
in him may have eternal life.

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15. John 7
37 On the last day of the feast,
the great day, Jesus stood up
and cried out, “If anyone
thirsts, let him come to me
and drink.

16. John 7
38 Whoever believes in me, as
the Scripture has said, ‘Out of
his heart will flow rivers of
living water.’”

17. John 7
39 Now this he said about the
Spirit, whom those who believed
in him were to receive, for as yet
the Spirit had not been given,
because Jesus was not yet
glorified.

18. Isaiah 12:3
Therefore, with joy you will
draw water from the wells of
salvation.”

19. John 7
50Nicodemus, who had gone
to him before, and who was
one of them, said to them,

20. John 7
51“Does our law judge a man
without first giving him a
hearing and learning what he
does?”

21. John 7
52They replied, “Are you from
Galilee too? Search and see
that no prophet arises from
Galilee.”

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23. John 19
39-42 Nicodemus, who had first
come to Jesus at night, came
now in broad daylight carrying
a mixture of myrrh and aloes,
about seventy-five pounds.

24. John 19
They took Jesus’ body and,
following the Jewish burial
custom, wrapped it in linen
with the spices.

25. John 19
There was a garden near the
place he was crucified, and in
the garden a new tomb in
which no one had yet been
placed.

26. John 19
So, because it was Sabbath
preparation for the Jews and
the tomb was convenient,
they placed Jesus in it.

27. John 3
19 And this is the judgment:
the light has come into the
world, and people loved the
darkness rather than the light
because their works were evil.

28. John 3
20 For everyone who does
wicked things hates the light
and does not come to the
light, lest his works should be
exposed.

29. John 3
21 But whoever does what is
true comes to the light, so
that it may be clearly seen
that his works have been
carried out in God.”

30. Through the Eyes of John
Jesus’ Passion