² And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to ^(A)embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.

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.

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

^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.

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.

¹² In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it ^(A)to prepare me for burial.

⁷ Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it^[a] for the day of my burial.

The Resurrection

24 ^(A)But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, ^(B)taking the spices they had prepared.

^8 (A)She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand ^(B)for burial.