{"id": "card_n_95995eb4c762", "kind": "note", "title": "Nicodemus by Night", "body": "Pharisee, ruler of the Jews; comes by night with respectful question; struggles with born again; later defends Jesus in the council; brings a hundred pound weight of spices to the burial.\n\nFailure mode: Slow approach from inside the establishment.\n\nRestoration path: Begin in the night; speak up in the council when you can; come fully at the burial.\n\nMarkers: high standing; cautious nighttime approach; intellectual struggle with new birth; defends procedurally later; public costly act at the end", "source": {"label": "Archetype — Bible", "url": "", "ref": "", "authority_tier": "reference"}, "shelf": "reference", "box": "archetypes", "bands": ["archetype", "wrestler", "bible"], "connections": [], "author": "engine", "created_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-10T21:00:05.284658+00:00", "visibility": "public", "lifecycle_stage": "public", "volatility": "permanent", "surface": "secular", "metrics": {"paperclips_count": 0, "helpful_count": 0, "not_helpful_count": 0, "cite_count": 0, "walks_through_count": 0, "flagged_count": 0}, "source_hash": "aef7223417f1fa822f5c4687a54b5503a6b1fe165c2f8fcf9047bc05b330eaff"}