Bibl 323 Module 2 Notes
Module 2
Christ – The Savior
Outline
I. Seeker of Truth (3:1–21) A. Nicodemus 1. A Greek name, __common among Jewish people_____. 2. Nick – ___victory______ and demos – ____people_____. 3. He was a ruler of the Sanhedrin, archon, not one of the priests but a Pharisee. He was a LAY leader. 4. Talmud says he was one of the __four richest men_ in Jerusalem and later became a disciple of Jesus. 5. According to Hoskyns, he was a member of the same aristocratic family that had furnished Aristobulus with his ambassador to Pompey in b.c. 63. 6. His son apparently was the man who negotiated the terms of surrender to the Roman garrison in Jerusalem prior to the final destruction in 70 a.d. B. Why a meeting in the night? This is in Jerusalem and it was like camp meeting time. 1. Fear – he may have been ___afraid of___ seen by friends. 2. Crowds – too many people _to get Jesus alone in the day time_. 3. Custom – this was the time when __scholars interviewed one another___. C. The nature of the new birth (3:1–4), “Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, ‘Rabbi, we know you are teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him.’ In reply Jesus declared, ‘I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. How can a man be born when he is old?’ Nicodemus asked. ‘Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb to be born!’” 1. Rabbi – Nicodemus is __honoring Jesus_, calling him teacher (v. 1), Jesus called him the Teacher of Israel, (v. 10). 2. You have come
Christ – The Savior
Outline
I. Seeker of Truth (3:1–21) A. Nicodemus 1. A Greek name, __common among Jewish people_____. 2. Nick – ___victory______ and demos – ____people_____. 3. He was a ruler of the Sanhedrin, archon, not one of the priests but a Pharisee. He was a LAY leader. 4. Talmud says he was one of the __four richest men_ in Jerusalem and later became a disciple of Jesus. 5. According to Hoskyns, he was a member of the same aristocratic family that had furnished Aristobulus with his ambassador to Pompey in b.c. 63. 6. His son apparently was the man who negotiated the terms of surrender to the Roman garrison in Jerusalem prior to the final destruction in 70 a.d. B. Why a meeting in the night? This is in Jerusalem and it was like camp meeting time. 1. Fear – he may have been ___afraid of___ seen by friends. 2. Crowds – too many people _to get Jesus alone in the day time_. 3. Custom – this was the time when __scholars interviewed one another___. C. The nature of the new birth (3:1–4), “Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, ‘Rabbi, we know you are teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him.’ In reply Jesus declared, ‘I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. How can a man be born when he is old?’ Nicodemus asked. ‘Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb to be born!’” 1. Rabbi – Nicodemus is __honoring Jesus_, calling him teacher (v. 1), Jesus called him the Teacher of Israel, (v. 10). 2. You have come