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;


In Context

37 and again another Writing saith, 'They shall look to him whom they did pierce.'

38 And after these things did Joseph of Arimathea — being a disciple of Jesus, but concealed, through the fear of the Jews — ask of Pilate, that he may take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave leave; he came, therefore, and took away the body of Jesus,

39 and Nicodemus also came — who came unto Jesus by night at the first — bearing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, as it were, a hundred pounds.

40 They 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;

41 and there was in the place where he was crucified a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one was yet laid;

42 there, therefore, because of the preparation of the Jews, because the tomb was nigh, they laid Jesus.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:40Taking Jesus' body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.

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 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.