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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