What was the relationship between Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus?
Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus took the body of Jesus. They wrapped it in burial cloths with the spices and buried him. John 19:38-40
What the Bible says
John 19:39
And Nicodemus also came, (he who at the first came to Jesus by night,) bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
John 19:40
They took therefore the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths, with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
What the Church teaches
The Catechism names them together: they were secret disciples of Jesus among the leaders of Jerusalem.
Catechism 595 · Catechism of the Catholic Church
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Nicodemus brought about one hundred pounds of myrrh and aloes. John 19:39
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