John 19:39

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and Nicodemus also came--who came unto Jesus by night at the first--bearing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, as it were, a hundred pounds.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 19:39 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Chronicles 16:14And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.
  2. Psalms 45:8All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.
  3. Proverbs 7:17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
  4. Song of Solomon 4:6Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.
  5. Song of Solomon 4:14with nard and saffron, with calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of frankincense tree, with myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices.
  6. Matthew 12:20A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.
  7. Matthew 19:30But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.
  8. Mark 16:1When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus.
  9. John 3:1Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
  10. John 7:50Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,
  11. John 12:7“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.

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