Nicodemus
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Nicodemus is a New Testament figure, a Pharisee and member of the Jewish ruling council who visits Jesus by night and later assists in his burial.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nicodemus canonical | 19 |
| Nicodemus (pseudonymous) | 1 |
| Nicodemus the Pharisee | 1 |
| Nikodemus (hypocoristic origin, debated) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4186873 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicodemus Context triple: [Lamentation of Christ, typicalFigure, Nicodemus]
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A.
Simon ben Boethus
Simon ben Boethus was a Jewish high priest of the late Second Temple period and father-in-law of Herod the Great through his daughter Mariamne II.
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B.
Yohanan
Yohanan is a Hebrew given name, often rendered as "Yohanan" or "Yochanan," meaning "God is gracious" and historically borne by various Jewish religious and political figures.
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C.
Matthaeus
Matthaeus is the Latin form of the given name Matthew, commonly associated with the biblical apostle and evangelist.
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D.
Cleopas
Cleopas is a figure from the New Testament, known as one of the disciples who encountered the risen Jesus on the road to Emmaus.
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E.
Nazarenus
Nazarenus is a Latin term meaning “of Nazareth,” traditionally used in Christian inscriptions and texts to refer to Jesus as “the Nazarene.”
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicodemus Target entity description: Nicodemus is a New Testament figure, a Pharisee and member of the Jewish ruling council who visits Jesus by night and later assists in his burial.
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A.
Simon ben Boethus
Simon ben Boethus was a Jewish high priest of the late Second Temple period and father-in-law of Herod the Great through his daughter Mariamne II.
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B.
Yohanan
Yohanan is a Hebrew given name, often rendered as "Yohanan" or "Yochanan," meaning "God is gracious" and historically borne by various Jewish religious and political figures.
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C.
Matthaeus
Matthaeus is the Latin form of the given name Matthew, commonly associated with the biblical apostle and evangelist.
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D.
Cleopas
Cleopas is a figure from the New Testament, known as one of the disciples who encountered the risen Jesus on the road to Emmaus.
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E.
Nazarenus
Nazarenus is a Latin term meaning “of Nazareth,” traditionally used in Christian inscriptions and texts to refer to Jesus as “the Nazarene.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Biblical figure
ⓘ
New Testament person ⓘ Pharisee ⓘ member of the Sanhedrin ⓘ |
| alsoCalled |
Nicodemus the Pharisee
ⓘ
linked to:
Nicodemus
|
| appearsIn | Gospel of John ⓘ |
| argumentInJohn7 | law should not judge a man without hearing him ⓘ |
| associatedDoctrine | doctrine of being born again ⓘ |
| associatedVerse | John 3:1–21 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Jesus ⓘ |
| bringsForBurial |
aloes
ⓘ
myrrh ⓘ |
| burialLocation | new tomb in a garden near the crucifixion site ⓘ |
| burialSpicesWeight | about seventy-five pounds (about a hundred Roman litrai) ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | New Testament character ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | Joseph of Arimathea ⓘ |
| defendsJesus |
before the Pharisees
ⓘ
in John 7:50–51 ⓘ |
| dialogueWith | Jesus ⓘ |
| feastDay |
August 2 (some Eastern Orthodox calendars)
ⓘ
August 3 (some Western calendars, with Stephen and Gamaliel) ⓘ |
| helpsBury |
Jesus
ⓘ
linked to:
Jesus Christ
|
| languageOfName | Greek ⓘ |
| literaryFunction | represents a seeking but initially misunderstanding inquirer ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Jewish ruling council
ⓘ
Sanhedrin ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
John 19
ⓘ
John 19:39 ⓘ John 3 ⓘ John 7 ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | victory of the people ⓘ |
| participatesIn | burial of Jesus ⓘ |
| position | ruler of the Jews ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInJohn3 |
addresses Jesus as Rabbi
ⓘ
discusses being born again with Jesus ⓘ recognizes Jesus as a teacher come from God ⓘ visits Jesus at night ⓘ |
| socialGroup | Pharisees ⓘ |
| sourceType | primarily known from the Gospel of John ⓘ |
| topicOfDialogue |
Kingdom of God
ⓘ
Spirit ⓘ heavenly things ⓘ new birth ⓘ |
| tradition | venerated as a saint in some Christian traditions ⓘ |
| visitsJesus | by night ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Nicodemus Description of subject: Nicodemus is a New Testament figure, a Pharisee and member of the Jewish ruling council who visits Jesus by night and later assists in his burial.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nicodemus
linked to: Nicodemus
linked to: Nicodemus
subject linked to:
Saint-Sépulcre (French)