26 So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They (A)embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

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14 They buried him in the tomb that he had cut for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier (A)that had been filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer's art, (B)and they made a very great fire in his honor.

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The Resurrection

16 (A)(B)When the Sabbath was past, (C)Mary Magdalene, (D)Mary the mother of James, and (E)Salome (F)bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.

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56 Then they returned and (A)prepared spices and ointments.

On the Sabbath they rested (B)according to the commandment.

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39 (A)Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus[a] by night, came (B)bringing a mixture of (C)myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds[b] in weight. 40 So they took the body of Jesus and (D)bound it in (E)linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.

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Footnotes

  1. John 19:39 Greek him
  2. John 19:39 Greek one hundred litras; a litra (or Roman pound) was equal to about 11 1/2 ounces or 327 grams

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