1
Nikodemos steps forward and asks permission to speak. He reminds the council that Yahushua has done extraordinary signs and warns against condemning a work that may be from Elohim.
2
Nikodemos compares the matter with Mosheh before Pharaoh, when counterfeit wonder-workers could imitate signs for a time but could not overturn what came from Elohim.
3
He argues that if Yahushua's works are human they will fail, but if they are from Elohim the council will be found fighting against what it cannot destroy.
4
The leaders reject Nikodemos' counsel and accuse him of becoming a taught one of Yahushua.