John 19:39 New English Translation
39 Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus[a] at night,[b] accompanied Joseph,[c] carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes[d] weighing about seventy-five pounds.[e]
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- John 19:39 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- John 19:39 sn See John 3:1-21.
- John 19:39 tn Grk “came”; the words “accompanied Joseph” are not in the Greek text but are supplied for clarity.
- John 19:39 sn Aloes refers to an aromatic resin from a plant similar to a lily, used for embalming a corpse.
- John 19:39 sn The Roman pound (λίτρα, litra) weighed twelve ounces or 325 grams. Thus 100 Roman pounds would be about 32.5 kilograms or 75 pounds.
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