39 He was accompanied by Nicodemus,(A) the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.[a] 40 Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen.(B) This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.(C)

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  1. John 19:39 Or about 34 kilograms

39 And (A)Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of (B)myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. 40 Then they took the body of Jesus, and (C)bound it in strips of linen with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.

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