Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)

People's New Testament

7:50 Nicodemus. See note on Joh 3:1.

Wesley's Notes

7:50 Nicodemus, he that came to him by night - Having now a little more courage, being one of them - Being present as a member of the great council, saith to them - Do not we ourselves act as if we knew not the law, if we pass sentence on a man before we hear him?

King James Translators' Notes

to Jesus: Gr. to him

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

50-53. Nicodemus-reappearing to us after nearly three years' absence from the history, as a member of the council, probably then sitting.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

7:40-53 The malice of Christ's enemies is always against reason, and sometimes the staying of it cannot be accounted for. Never any man spake with that wisdom, and power, and grace, that convincing clearness, and that sweetness, wherewith Christ spake. Alas, that many, who are for a time restrained, and who speak highly of the word of Jesus, speedily lose their convictions, and go on in their sins! People are foolishly swayed by outward motives in matters of eternal moment, are willing even to be damned for fashion's sake. As the wisdom of God often chooses things which men despise, so the folly of men commonly despises those whom God has chosen. The Lord brings forward his weak and timid disciples, and sometimes uses them to defeat the designs of his enemies.