John 19:40

Modern

So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.

Traditional

Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.

Literal

Therefore they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the custom among the Jews to prepare for burial.

Latin

Acceperunt ergo corpus Jesu, et ligaverunt illud linteis cum aromatibus, sicut mos est Judæis sepelire.

Greek

English

So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.

Theme notes and profiles

John 11:44
The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.
John 20:5–7
He bent down and looked in at the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.
Acts 5:6
Then the young men stepped forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.
Matthew 26:12
By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.
Luke 24:12
Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. And after bending down and seeing only the linen cloths, he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.

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