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John 19:37-39
Contemporary English Version
John 19:37-39
Contemporary English Version
37 (A) and “They will see the one in whose side they stuck a spear.”
Jesus Is Buried
(Matthew 27.57-61; Mark 15.42-47; Luke 23.50-56)
38 Joseph from Arimathea was one of Jesus' disciples. He had kept it secret though, because he was afraid of the Jewish leaders. But now he asked Pilate to let him have Jesus' body. Pilate gave him permission, and Joseph took it down from the cross.
39 (B) Nicodemus also came with about 30 kilograms of spices made from myrrh and aloes. This was the same Nicodemus who had visited Jesus one night.[a]
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- 19.39 Nicodemus who had visited Jesus one night: See 3.1-21.
John 19:37-39
King James Version
John 19:37-39
King James Version
37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
39 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.
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John 19:37-39
English Standard Version
John 19:37-39
English Standard Version
37 And again another Scripture says, (A)“They will look on him whom they have pierced.”
Jesus Is Buried
38 (B)After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly (C)for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body. 39 (D)Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus[a] by night, came (E)bringing a mixture of (F)myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds[b] in weight.
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- John 19:39 Greek him
- John 19:39 Greek one hundred litras; a litra (or Roman pound) was equal to about 11 1/2 ounces or 327 grams
John 19:37-39
New International Version
John 19:37-39
New International Version
37 and, as another scripture says, “They will look on the one they have pierced.”[a](A)
The Burial of Jesus(B)
38 Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders.(C) With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. 39 He was accompanied by Nicodemus,(D) the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.[b]
Footnotes
- John 19:37 Zech. 12:10
- John 19:39 Or about 34 kilograms
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