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John 19:39
John 19:39 is verse 39 of John chapter 19, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.
Greek about a hundred litras; that is, approximately 34 kilograms
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.
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.
100 Roman pounds of 12 ounces each, or about 72 pounds, or 33 Kilograms.
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John 19:37–41 · Berean Standard Bible
37 And, as another Scripture says: “They will look on the One they have pierced.”
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.
40 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.
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Cross-references
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John 3:1Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
John 3:2He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
John 3:3Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
John 3:4“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”
John 3:5Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
John 3:6Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
John 3:7Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
John 3:8The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
John 3:9“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
John 3:10“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?
John 3:11Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.
John 3:12If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?
John 3:13No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
John 3:14Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
John 3:15that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
John 3:16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:17For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
John 3:18Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
John 3:19And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
John 3:20Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
John 3:21But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”
John 7:50Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,
John 7:51“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
John 7:52“Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
Matthew 12:20A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.
Matthew 19:30But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.
John 12:7“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.
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.
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.
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.