John 19:40

They took therefore the body of Jesus and bound it up in linen with the spices, as it is the custom with the Jews to prepare for burial.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

39And Nicodemus also, who at first came to Jesus by night, came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds [weight].

41But there was in the place where he had been crucified a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid.

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Cross References

Luke 24:12But Peter, rising up, ran to the sepulchre, and stooping down he sees the linen clothes lying there alone, and went away home, wondering at what had happened.

John 20:5and stooping down he sees the linen cloths lying; he did not however go in.

Matthew Henry on John 19:39-42

The Burial of Christ. 38 And after this Joseph of Arimathæa, 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 a 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… Read the whole commentary →

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