John 19:39

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Nicodemus went with Joseph. He was the man who had come to Jesus before and talked to him at night. He brought about 100 pounds of spices—a mixture of myrrh and aloes.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 4:14

nard, saffron, calamus, and cinnamon. Your limbs are like a garden filled with trees of frankincense, myrrh, and aloe.

John 12:7

Jesus answered, “Don’t stop her. It was right for her to save this perfume for today—the day for me to be prepared for burial.

Mark 16:1

The next day after the Sabbath day, Mary Magdalene, Salome, and Mary the mother of James bought some sweet-smelling spices to put on Jesus’ body.

Matthew 19:30

Many people who are first now will be last in the future. And many who are last now will be first in the future.

Matthew 12:20

He will not break off even a bent stem of grass. He will not put out even the weakest flame. He will not give up until he has made justice victorious.

Song of Solomon 4:6

I will go to that mountain of myrrh and to that hill of frankincense while the day breathes its last breath, and the shadows run away.

Proverbs 7:17

My bed smells wonderful with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Psalm 45:8

From your clothes comes the wonderful smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia. In palaces decorated with ivory, you enjoy the music of stringed instruments.

2 Chronicles 16:14

The people buried Asa in his own tomb that he made for himself in the City of David. They laid him in a bed that was filled with spices and different kinds of mixed perfumes, and they burned a large fire for him.

Genesis 50:2

Joseph commanded his servants to prepare his father’s body. (These servants were doctors.) The doctors prepared Jacob’s body to be buried. They prepared the body in the special way of the Egyptians.

Song of Solomon 1:13

My lover is like the small bag of myrrh around my neck, lying all night between my breasts.

Matthew 2:11

The wise men came to the house where the child was with his mother Mary. They bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened the boxes of gifts they had brought for him. They gave him treasures of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

John 12:3

Mary brought in a pint of expensive perfume made of pure nard. She poured the perfume on Jesus’ feet. Then she wiped his feet with her hair. And the sweet smell from the perfume filled the whole house.