Nicodemus ben Gurion

Nicodemus ben Gurion , also called Buni was a wealthy Jewish man who lived in Jerusalem in the 1st century AD. He is believed by some scholars to be the Nicodemus mentioned in the Gospel of John. and later, rabbinic works: Lamentations Rabbah, Ecclesiastes Rabbah, the Babylonian Talmud, and Avot of Rabbi Natan.

Name Ben Gurion means "son of Gurion", the Hebrew patronymic, his personal name was apparently either Buni or Bunai. He acquired the nickname Nicodemus, meaning "victory of the people" (from and ), or alternate Semitic etymology Naqdimon, signifying "to break through" (from or נקד) because of a miraculous answer to a prayer he made ("the sun broke through for him"). or by some editions and later rabbis, came before or stood (קדם), in relation to the sun, And since it's closer to the name and appears in relation to the miracle directly after the previous explanation, and in another passage relating to this miracle, this is the one used the most. When Vespasian became emperor, Nicodemus sought peace with the emperor's son Titus, who was conducting the war. He agitated against the prosecution of the war by the Zealots. In retaliation, they destroyed the stores of provisions that he and his friends had accumulated for the use of pilgrims.