Jesus speaks with Nicodemus at night, a Pharisee and ruler of the Jews.¹

The Setting

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Key Observations

• God’s love is universal
• Belief is the response
  • Not by works
• Light exposes darkness

1. Read the passage
2. Discuss with the group

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son.

Verse	Theme
3:16	Love

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Nicodemus was a member of the Sanhedrin (Carson 1991, 185).

Bibliography

Carson, D. A. 1991. The Gospel according to John. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.

Keener, Craig S. 2003. The Gospel of John: A Commentary. Peabody: Hendrickson. https://doi.org/10.1000/xyz.

Notes

1. See also Numbers 21:9 for the bronze serpent. ↩