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Nicodemus

American  
[nik-uh-dee-muhs] / ˌnɪk əˈdi məs /

noun

  1. a Pharisee and member of the Sanhedrin who became a secret follower of Jesus. John 3:1–21; 7:50–52; 19:39.


Nicodemus British  
/ ˌnɪkəˈdiːməs /

noun

  1. New Testament a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin, who supported Jesus against the other Pharisees (John 8:50–52)

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Kenya-based analyst for the Institute for Security Studies think-tank, Nicodemus Minde, tells the BBC that he heard the description during a recent research trip to Uganda.

From BBC

"We are at the beginning of another nightmare," Amungwa Nicodemus told the BBC.

From BBC

Tanzanian political analyst Nicodemus Minde said there had long been an "appreciation" among Tanzanians of the ability of Kenyans to "speak truth to power".

From BBC

Paul Nicodemus, a childhood friend, said Fain derived his values from his father, who was Kokomo’s police chief, and his mother, a nurse.

From Seattle Times

Nicodemus doesn’t recall Fain as being particularly outspoken about economic inequities — probably, he said, because there wasn’t much inequality in Kokomo.

From Seattle Times