KJV King James Version
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].
VERSE STUDY • KJV
John 19:39
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].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.
WEB World English Bible
Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred Roman pounds.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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.
Surrounding context — John 19
36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
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.
39 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.
42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation [day]; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἦλθενG2064 · erchomaito come/goδὲG1161 · dethenκαὶG2532 · kaiandΝικόδημοςG3530 · NikodēmosNicodemusὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐλθὼνG2064 · erchomaito come/goπρὸςG4314 · prosto/withαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heνυκτὸςG3571 · nuxnightτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoπρῶτονG4413 · prōtosfirstφέρωνG5342 · pherōto bear/leadμίγμαG3395 · migmamixtureσμύρνηςG4666 · smurnamyrrhκαὶG2532 · kaiandἀλόηςG250 · aloēaloesὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenλίτραςG3046 · litrapoundἑκατόν.¶G1540 · hekatonhundred
Cross-references
John 7:50-52Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)John 3:1-21There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:Song of Solomon 4:14Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:Mark 16:1And 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.Matthew 12:20A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.2 Chronicles 16:14And 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.Matthew 19:30But many [that are] first shall be last; and the last [shall be] first.John 12:7Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.Song of Solomon 4:6Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.Psalm 45:8All thy garments [smell] of myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.Proverbs 7:17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
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