Judges 6:27

Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father’s household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.

Cross-reference

John 3:2 Parallel

In John 3:2, Nicodemus also comes at night — a parallel to Gideon's covert night mission due to fear.

In Matthew 16:24, Jesus calls for self-denial and taking up the cross—Gideon's risky night mission demonstrates costly obedience.

In 1 Thessalonians 2:4, Paul aims to please God not men—Gideon's night action shows he feared men yet still obeyed God.