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39 Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus[a] at night,[b] accompanied Joseph,[c] carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes[d] weighing about seventy-five pounds.[e]

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  1. John 19:39 tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. John 19:39 sn See John 3:1-21.
  3. John 19:39 tn Grk “came”; the words “accompanied Joseph” are not in the Greek text but are supplied for clarity.
  4. John 19:39 sn Aloes refers to an aromatic resin from a plant similar to a lily, used for embalming a corpse.
  5. John 19:39 sn The Roman pound (λίτρα, litra) weighed twelve ounces or 325 grams. Thus 100 Roman pounds would be about 32.5 kilograms or 75 pounds.

39 He was accompanied by Nicodemus,(A) the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.[a]

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  1. John 19:39 Or about 34 kilograms