John 19:40 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴⁰ They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it with the spices in linen cloths, according to the burial custom of the Jews.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁰ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ So they took Jesus' body and bound it in linen cloths with the spices (aromatics), as is the Jews' customary way to prepare for burial.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ So they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ Following Jewish burial customs, they took Jesus’ body and wrapped it, with the spices, in linen cloths.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ Therefore, they took the body of Jesus, and they bound it with linen cloths and the aromatic spices, just as it is the manner of the Jews to bury.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁰ They took therefore the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths, with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.

John 19:40 Cross References

Genesis 50:2

Joseph commanded the physicians in his service to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel;

2 Chronicles 16:14

They buried him in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier that had been filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer’s art, and they made a very great fire in his honor.

Matthew 26:12

By pouring this ointment on my body she has prepared me for burial.

Mark 14:8

She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for its burial.

Luke 24:12

But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; then he went home, amazed at what had happened.

John 11:44

The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

John 12:7

Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She bought it so that she might keep it for the day of my burial.

Acts 5:6

The young men came and wrapped up his body, then carried him out and buried him.