What is "nicodemus"

Nicodemus (; ) is a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin mentioned in three places in the Gospel of John:

• He first visits Jesus one night to discuss Jesus' teachings .
• The second time Nicodemus is mentioned, he reminds his colleagues in the Sanhedrin that the law requires that a person be heard before being judged .
• Finally, Nicodemus appears after the Crucifixion of Jesus to provide the customary embalming spices, and assists Joseph of Arimathea in preparing the body of Jesus for burial .

An apocryphal work under his name — the Gospel of Nicodemus — was produced in the mid- 4th century, and is mostly a reworking of the earlier Acts of Pilate, which recounts the harrowing of Hell.

Although there is no clear source of information about Nicodemus outside the Gospel of John, the Jewish Encyclopedia and many Biblical historians have speculated that he could be identical to Nicodemus ben Gurion, mentioned in the Talmud as a wealthy and popular holy man reputed to have had miraculous powers. Others point out that the biblical Nicodemus is likely an older man at the time of his conversation with Jesus, while Nicodemus ben Gurion was on the scene forty years later, at the time of the Jewish War.

Nicodemus was a Pharisee who showed favor to Jesus. The name derives from Greek and it means victory of the people. Nicodemus may refer to one of the following:

Cecil Wellington (1957–1996), better known as Nicodemus, was a Jamaican reggae deejay who released a string of albums in the 1980s and 1990s. Nicodemus was a pioneer of dancehall music and is credited with positively influencing many aspiring DJ's. He is truly a dancehall legend. Partnering with the iconic Super Cat since the late 70's, the dynamic duo (Nicodemus & Super Cat) released a string of local and commercially successful reggae hits. Hit songs that spring to mind are "Cabin Stabbin'" and "My Prerogative. " Nicodemus died on August 26, 1996 of complications with diabetes.

Metropolitan Nicodemus (secular name Nikolay Stepanovich Rusnak; 4 April 1921 – 15 September 2011) was the Ukrainian Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv.

He was born in 1921 in Davidìvcì, Chernivtsi. On 6 January 1945, he took monastic tonsure and was ordained three months later, on 29 April 1945.

Nikodim ( Cyrillic: Никодим; born as Nikolai Vasilyevich Krotkov ; 1868-1938) was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, later the Archbishop of Kostroma and Galich.

He confirmed Pavlo Skoropadsky as the Hetman of Ukraine on April 29, 1918 in the Saint Sophia Cathedral. During the Revolutionary period in Ukraine 1917-1920 he served as a Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia as a vicar to the murdered by Bolsheviks Metropolitan Vladimir. In 2000 he was recognized as a hieromartyr by the Russian Orthodox Church.