40Taking Jesus' body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.


In Context

37 and, as another scripture says, "They will look on the one they have pierced."

38 Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jews. With Pilate's permission, he came and took the body away.

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

40 Taking Jesus' body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.

41 At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid.

42 Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

John 19:40 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:40Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:40They took therefore the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths, with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:40So they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:40They took therefore the body of Jesus and bound it up in linen with the spices, as it is the custom with the Jews to prepare for burial.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:40So they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:40Then they took the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen cloths, with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:40So they took Jesus' body, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:40They took, therefore, the body of Jesus, and bound it with linen clothes with the spices, according as it was the custom of the Jews to prepare for burial;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:40Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.