Which Pharisee visited Jesus at night to ask about being born again?

Which Pharisee visited Jesus at night to ask about being born again? Nicodemus was the Pharisee who came to Jesus by night in the Gospel of John. Their conversation appears in John 3 and centers on spiritual rebirth, belief, and the meaning of being “born from above.”

Nicodemus is introduced as a Pharisee and a ruler or leading member of the Jews. His nighttime visit may suggest caution, privacy, or simply the setting chosen for a serious theological conversation. Jesus tells him that a person must be born of water and Spirit, a passage that became central to Christian discussions of conversion and baptism.

Nicodemus appears again in John 7, where he urges fellow Pharisees to judge Jesus fairly rather than condemning him without a hearing. He is mentioned a final time after the crucifixion, helping Joseph of Arimathea prepare Jesus’ body for burial with myrrh and aloes.

He is sometimes confused with Gamaliel, another respected Pharisee associated with the early Christian era. They are different figures: Gamaliel appears in Acts as a teacher of Paul and a cautious voice in the Sanhedrin.