John 19:39

John 19:39 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.

Context of John 19:39

37In another place, the Bible says: ‘People will push a spear into that man's body, and then they will look at him.’ And that is how it really happened. 38There was a man called Joseph who came from the town of Arimathea. He was one of Jesus' disciples, but he was afraid of the Jewish leaders. So he had not told people that he was a disciple of Jesus. Joseph went to Pilate and asked if he could take Jesus' dead body away. Pilate agreed. So Joseph went there and he took the body away. Nicodemus went with Joseph. He was the man who had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought about 33 kilograms of spices called myrrh and aloes. 40The two men covered Jesus' dead body with these spices. And they tied long pieces of linen cloth around it many times. That is how the Jewish people prepare a dead body before they bury it. 41There was a garden near the place where they had killed Jesus on the cross. In that garden there was a place where they could put the bodies of dead people. It was a new hole in the rock, where nobody had ever put a dead body before.

John 19:39 word by word

ἦλθεν δὲ καὶ Νικόδημος ὁ ἐλθὼν πρὸς αὐτὸν νυκτὸς τὸ πρῶτον φέρων μίγμα σμύρνης καὶ ἀλόης ὡς λίτρας ἑκατόν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andδέde · thenG1161
• there cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• NicodemusΝικόδημοςNikodēmos · NicodemusG3530
• at the firstπρῶτοςprōtos · first: previousG4413
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• by nightνύξnux · nightG3571
• and broughtφέρωpherō̄ · to bear/leadG5342
• a mixtureμίγμαmigma · mixtureG3395
• of myrrhσμύρναsmurna · myrrhG4666
• aloesἀλόηaloē · aloesG250
• aboutὡσείhōsei · like/as/aboutG5616
• an hundredἑκατόνhekaton · hundredG1540
• poundλίτραlitra · poundG3046

Cross-references for John 19:39

• John 3:1There was a Pharisee called Nicodemus. He was one of the Jewish leaders.
• John 7:50Nicodemus spoke to them. He himself was one of the Pharisees. He was the man who had gone to speak with Jesus before. He said,
• Matthew 12:20He will not hurt weak people. He will be kind to people who are not strong. He will do this until there is justice everywhere.
• Matthew 19:30But many people who are very important now will become the least important. And many people who are not important now will become very important then.’
• John 12:7But Jesus said, ‘Do not stop her! She has kept this oil safe until now. She wanted it for the day when they will bury my dead body.
• 2 Chronicles 16:14His people buried him in the grave that he had prepared for himself in the City of David. They put him on a special bed that had spices and different kinds of perfume on it. They burned a large fire to give him honour.

Commentaries on John 19:39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 39Nicodemus - See on John 3:1; (note), etc. Myrrh and aloes - Which drugs were used to preserve bodies from putrefaction. Calmet says that the aloes mentioned here is a liquor which runs from an aromatic tree, and is widely different from that called aloes among us. Some have objected that a hundred pounds' weight of myrrh and aloes was enough to embalm two hundred dead bodies; and instead of ̔, a hundred, some critics have proposed to read ̔ - a mixture of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 38-42Verses 38-42 See the notes at Matthew 27:57-61.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 38-42Verses 38-42 Joseph of Arimathea was a disciple of Christ in secret. Disciples should openly own themselves; yet some, who in lesser trials have been fearful, in greater have been courageous. When God has work to do, he can find out such as are proper to do it. The embalming was done by Nicodemus, a secret friend to Christ, though not his constant follower. That grace which at first is like a bruised reed, may afterward resemble a strong cedar. Hereby…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 39Nicodemus (see 3:1; 7:50) was a member of the Jewish high council. He knew these bodies had to be buried before the Sabbath (19:31, 42). His public support, like that of Joseph of Arimathea, might show he was becoming a disciple (see study note on 7:49–51). Myrrh was a commonly used powder that smelled good. The aloes were fragrant powdered sandalwood often used as perfume. seventy-five pounds: This large amount of spices was fit for royalty. Jesus, the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 38-4038-40. Joseph of Arimathea--"a rich man" (Mt 27:57), thus fulfilling Is 53:9; "an honorable counsellor," a member of the Sanhedrim, and of good condition, "which also waited for the kingdom of God" (Mr 15:43), a devout expectant of Messiah's kingdom; "a good man and a just, the same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them" (Lu 23:50, 51--he had gone the length, perhaps, of dissenting and protesting in open council against the condemnation of our…Read the comment

Topics related to John 19:39

• Aloes
• Burial
• Jesus, the Christ
• Joseph
• Love
• Myrrh
• Spices

In the dictionaries

• Jesus
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Aloes
• Embalming
• Funeral
• Humiliation of Christ
• Joseph
• Myrrh
• Nicodemus
• Perfumes

Commentaries on John 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings