John 19:39
37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.
- KJV
- And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
- WEB
- Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred Roman pounds.
- ASV
- And there came also Nicodemus, he who at the first came to him by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.
- DARBY
- And Nicodemus also, who at first came to Jesus by night, came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds [weight].
- BLB
- And Nicodemus, the one having come to Him by night at the first, also came bearing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred litras.
- ÅB
- Men også Nikodemus kom, han som første gang var kommet til ham om natten, og han hadde med seg en blanding av myrra og aloë, omkring hundre pund.
- OTB
- Nikodemus, som først hadde kommet til Jesus om natten, kom også, medbringende en blanding av myrra og aloe, som veide omkring hundre litra.
- B1930
- Men også Nikodemus kom, han som første gang var kommet til ham om natten, og han hadde med sig en blanding av myrra og aloë, omkring hundre pund.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 7:50–52
Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)
Read in contextJohn 3:1–21
There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
Read in contextSong of Solomon 4:14
Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
Read in contextMatthew 12:20
A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
Read in contextJohn 12:7
Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 4:6
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
Read in contextMark 16:1
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
Read in context2 Chronicles 16:14
And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.
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