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John 19:39
39He 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)With him came Nicodemus, the man who had come to Jesus at night. He brought about seventy-five pounds of perfumed ointment made from myrrh and aloes.
Context of John 19:39
37and, as another scripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced.” 38Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. 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. 40Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs. 41At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid.
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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 3:1Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council.
- John 7:50Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked,
- Matthew 12:20A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he has brought justice through to victory.
- Matthew 19:30But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.
- John 12:7“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial.
- 2 Chronicles 16:14They buried him in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier covered with spices and various blended perfumes, and they made a huge fire in his honor.
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
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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
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