There was. Now there was.
a man. With special reference to the last word of John 2.
man. Greek. anthropos. App-123.
of. Greek. ek. App-104.
Pharisees. App-120.
Nicodemus. Mentioned three times (here, 1, 4, 9; John 7:50; John 19:39). Rabbinical tradition makes him one of the three richest men in Jerusalem. See Lightfoot, vol. xii, p. 252.
ruler.. member of the Sanhedrin, or National Council. See on Matthew 5:22.