[Now] Nicodemus (being a leading Pharisee, and the one who went to talk to Jesus one night), said to them,
Nicodemus, the man who first came to Jesus one night, also went with him [i.e., to claim Jesus’ body]. He brought about a seventy-five pound mixture of myrrh and aloes [i.e., aromatic spices used for embalming].
But this crowd, which does not know the Law of Moses, [and especially its oral traditions], is cursed [by God].”