See on i. 19. The texts vary, either substituting proteron, before, for nuktov, by night , or omitting the whole clause, and reading, Nicodemus saith unto them, being one of them. Literally, the man, whoever he may be, that comes before them. Rev., more correctly, except it first hear. Compare v. 39.
Some render see, and translate the following oti, that, instead of for.
The difference is unimportant. This verse, and the portion of Chapter 8, as far as ver. 12, are generally pronounced by the best critical authorities not to belong to John's Gospel .