John 19:40

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

These two men took Jesus’ body and wrapped it in pieces of linen cloth with the spices. (This is how the Jews bury people.)

Cross References

John 11:44

The dead man came out. His hands and feet were wrapped with pieces of cloth. He had a handkerchief covering his face. Jesus said to the people, “Take off the cloth and let him go.”

Luke 24:12

But Peter got up and ran to the tomb to see. He looked in, but he saw only the cloth that Jesus’ body had been wrapped in. It was just lying there. Peter went away to be alone, wondering what had happened.

Matthew 26:12

This woman poured perfume on my body. She did this to prepare me for burial after I die.

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.

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.

Mark 14:8

This woman did the only thing she could do for me. She poured perfume on my body before I die to prepare it for burial.

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.