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John 19:40

Jesus
Death and loss

38 Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.

39 Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.

So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.

41 Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

42 And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.

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BSB
So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.
KJV
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.
WEB
So they took Jesus’ body, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.
ASV
So they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.
DARBY
They took therefore the body of Jesus and bound it up in linen with the spices, as it is the custom with the Jews to prepare for burial.
BLB
Therefore they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the custom among the Jews to prepare for burial.
ÅB
De tok da Jesu legeme og svøpte det i linklær med de velluktende urter, slik som det er skikk hos jødene ved jordeferd.
OTB
De tok Jesu kropp og svøpte den i linklær med krydderne, i henhold til jødiske begravelsesskikker.
B1930
De tok da Jesu legeme og svøpte det i linklær med de velluktende urter, således som det er skikk hos jødene ved jordeferd.

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Cross references

  • John 11:44

    The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.

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  • Acts 5:6

    Then the young men stepped forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.

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  • John 20:5–7

    He bent down and looked in at the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.

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  • Matthew 26:12

    By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.

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  • Luke 24:12

    Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. And after bending down and seeing only the linen cloths, he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.

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