John 7:50

Verse 50. Nicodemus. See Joh 3:1. One of them. That is, one of the great council or Sanhedrim. God often places one or more pious men in legislative assemblies to vindicate his honour and his law; and he often gives a man grace on such occasions boldly to defend his cause; to put men upon their proof, and to confound the proud and the domineering. We see in this case, also, that a man, at one time timid and fearful (comp.) Joh 3:1), may on other occasions be bold, and fearlessly defend the truth as it is in Jesus.