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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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"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

However, Tanzania was once again "beginning to see the wave of repression and state-orchestrated violence" that characterised Magufuli's rule, Tanzanian political analyst Nicodemus Minde said.

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