A certain Jew named Nicodemus stood before the governor and said: 'I beg you, permit me to say a few words.'
2And Nicodemus said: 'This man works many miracles and wonders such as no one else has been nor will be able to do.'
3'Leave him in peace and plot nothing against him; if his wonders are of divine origin, they will remain firm.'
4The Jews said: 'You have become his disciple and therefore you speak in his favor.'
5Nicodemus said: 'Then has the governor also become his disciple because he speaks in his defense?'
6A Jew who had been paralyzed for 38 years testified: 'Jesus said to me: Pick up your mat and walk. And I began to walk.'
7Another said: 'I was blind from birth and Jesus laid his hands upon my eyes and immediately I recovered my sight.'