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.
KJV
ἦλθεν δὲ καὶ Νικόδημος, ὁ ἐλθὼν πρὸς αὐτὸν νυκτὸς τὸ πρῶτον, φέρων μίγμα σμύρνης καὶ ἀλόης ὡς λίτρας ἑκατόν.
Greek NT
Venit autem et Nicodemus, qui venerat ad Jesum nocte primum, ferens mixturam myrrhæ et aloës, quasi libras centum.
Vulgate
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.
ASV
And Nicodemus also came (he who at the first came to Jesus by night), bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- αὐτὸν — SBLGNT
- αὐτὸν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- τὸν Ἰησοῦν — Robinson-Pierpont
- μίγμα — SBLGNT
- μίγμα — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- ἕλιγμα — Westcott-Hort
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§595Among the religious authorities of Jerusalem, not only were the Pharisee Nicodemus and the prominent Joseph of Arimathea both secret disciples of Jesus, but there was also long-standing dissension about him, so much so that St. John says of these authorities on the very eve of Christ's Passion, "many.. . believed in him", though very imperfectly.378 This is not surprising, if o…
1. Of the men of that time some clung to their error, others laid hold on the truth, while of these last, some having retained it for a little while again fell off from it. Alluding to these, Christ compared them to seeds not deeply sown, but having their roots upon the surface of the earth; and He said that they should quickly perish. And these the Evangelist has here pointed …
47. If then for our sake He sanctifies Himself, and does this when He has become man, it is very plain that the Spirit's descent on Him in Jordan was a descent upon us, because of His bearing our body. And it did not take place for promotion to the Word, but again for our sanctification, that we might share His anointing, and of us it might be said, 'Do you not know that you ar…
Q. Why was he buried? A. His burial testifies that he really died.
Cross-references
- Gen 50:2 — And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
- John 3:1 — There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
- John 3:1 — There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
- John 7:50 — Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)
- John 7:50 — Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)
- Judg 16:31 — Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel t
- Mark 16:1 — And 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.
- Ps 45:8 — All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
- Song 1:13 — A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
- Song 4:14 — Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: