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John 19:40

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.

KJV

ἔλαβον οὖν τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ καὶ ἔδησαν αὐτὸ ὀθονίοις μετὰ τῶν ἀρωμάτων, καθὼς ἔθος ἐστὶν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις ἐνταφιάζειν.

Greek NT

Acceperunt ergo corpus Jesu, et ligaverunt illud linteis cum aromatibus, sicut mos est Judæis sepelire.

Vulgate

So they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.

ASV

They took therefore the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths, with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέω
deo
verb · 43×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθώς
kathos
adverb · 181×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
σῶμα
soma
noun · 141×
ἄρωμα
aroma
noun · 4×
ἐνταφιάζω
entaphiazo
verb · 2×
ἔθος
ethos
noun · 12×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
Ἰουδαῖος
ioudaios
adjective · 193×
ὀθόνιον
othonion
noun · 4×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: αὐτὸ | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτὸ | RP: + ἐν
  • αὐτὸSBLGNT
  • αὐτὸWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ἐνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Q. Why was he buried? A. His burial testifies that he really died.

Cross-references

  • Acts 5:6 — And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.
  • Acts 5:6 — And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.
  • John 11:44 — And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
  • John 11:44 — And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
  • John 20:5 — And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
  • John 20:5 — And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.