John 19:39

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Nicodemus also came, who at first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds in weight.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And{G1161} there came{G2064} also{G2532} Nicodemus,{G3530} he who{G3588} at the first{G4413} came{G2064} to{G4314} him{G2424} by night,{G3571} bringing{G5342} a mixture{G3395} of myrrh{G4666} and{G2532} aloes,{G250} about{G5616} a hundred{G1540} pounds.{G3046}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And{G1161} there came{G2064}{(G5627)} also{G2532} Nicodemus{G3530}, which{G3588} at the first{G4412} came{G2064}{(G5631)} to{G4314} Jesus{G2424} by night{G3571}, and brought{G5342}{(G5723)} a mixture{G3395} of myrrh{G4666} and{G2532} aloes{G250}, about{G5616} an hundred{G1540} pound{G3046} weight.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And ther cam also Nicodemus which at the beginnynge came to Iesus by nyght and brought of myrre and aloes mingled to gether aboute an hundred pounde wayght

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    There came also Nicodemus, (which afore came vnto Iesus by night) & brought of Myrre & Aloes mingled together, aboute an hudreth poude weight.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And there came also Nicodemus (which first came to Iesus by night) & brought of myrrhe and aloes mingled together about an hundreth pound.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And there came also Nicodemus (whiche at the begynnyng came to Iesus by nyght) and brought of mirre and aloes myngled together, about an hundred pounde wayght.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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].

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.{100 Roman pounds of 12 ounces each, or about 72 pounds, or 33 Kilograms.}

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And Nicodemus came (he who had first come to Jesus by night) with a roll of myrrh and aloes mixed, about a hundred pounds.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred Roman pounds.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus at night, accompanied Joseph, carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about seventy-five pounds.

Referenced Verses

  • Song 4:14 : 14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
  • John 7:50-52 : 50 Nicodemus (he who came to Jesus by night, being one of them) said to them, 51 Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing? 52 They answered and said to him, Are you also from Galilee? Search and look, for no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.
  • John 12:7 : 7 Then Jesus said, Leave her alone; she has kept this for the day of my burial.
  • Matt 12:20 : 20 A bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench, till he brings forth judgment to victory.
  • Matt 19:30 : 30 But many who are first shall be last, and the last shall be first.
  • Mark 16:1 : 1 And when the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought sweet spices so they might go and anoint him.
  • John 3:1-9 : 1 There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these miracles that you do, except God be with him. 3 Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus said to him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born? 5 Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, You must be born again. 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes; so is everyone that is born of the Spirit. 9 Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be? 10 Jesus answered and said to him, Are you a teacher of Israel, and do not know these things? 11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak what we know and testify what we have seen, and you do not receive our witness. 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 No man has ascended to heaven but he who came down from heaven, even the Son of Man who is in heaven. 14 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He who believes in him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 This is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.
  • 2 Chr 16:14 : 14 And 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 odors and various kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art; and they made a very great burning for him.
  • Ps 45:8 : 8 All your garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, by which they have made you glad.
  • Prov 7:17 : 17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
  • Song 4:6 : 6 Until the day breaks, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 80%

    40 Then they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen clothes with the spices, as is the custom of the Jews to bury.

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

    42 There they laid Jesus because of the Jews' preparation day; for the tomb was nearby.

  • 77%

    37 And again another scripture says, They shall look on him whom they pierced.

    38 After this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave permission. He came and took the body of Jesus.

  • 50 Nicodemus (he who came to Jesus by night, being one of them) said to them,

  • 74%

    42 And now when the evening had come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

    43 Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable counselor, who also waited for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.

    44 And Pilate marveled if he was already dead, and calling the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead for some time.

    45 And when he was informed by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

    46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a tomb which was cut out of a rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

    47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.

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    57 When evening came, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple.

    58 He went to Pilate and begged for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.

    59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

    60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, and departed.

  • John 3:1-2
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    1 There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

    2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these miracles that you do, except God be with him.

  • 1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they went to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared, and certain others with them.

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    51 He had not consented to their decision and action. He was from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who also himself was waiting for the kingdom of God.

    52 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

    53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a tomb that was cut out of stone, where no one had ever lain before.

    54 That day was the preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.

    55 And the women who had come with Him from Galilee followed, and they observed the tomb and how His body was laid.

    56 Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments, and they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.

  • Mark 16:1-3
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    1 And when the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought sweet spices so they might go and anoint him.

    2 And very early in the morning on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb at the rising of the sun.

    3 And they said among themselves, Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?

  • 12 And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.

  • 17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had already been in the grave four days.

  • 3 Then Mary took a pound of very costly spikenard ointment, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

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    19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing said, JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

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    31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the sabbath (for that sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

    32 Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with him.

  • John 20:6-9
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    6 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb, and saw the linen cloths lying there,

    7 And the napkin that was around his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but wrapped together in a place by itself.

    8 Then the other disciple, who came to the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed.

    9 For as yet they did not know the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.

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  • 29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.

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  • 44 And he who was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, Loose him, and let him go.

  • 38 Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

  • 29 And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his body, and laid it in a tomb.

  • 34 And said, Where have you laid him? They said to him, Lord, come and see.

  • 5 Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred pence and given to the poor?

  • 3 So Peter went out, and the other disciple, and came to the tomb.

  • 17 And he, bearing his cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha:

  • 3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at dinner, there came a woman with an alabaster box of very precious ointment of spikenard; and she broke the box and poured it on his head.