John 19:39 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

also Nicodemus. Read, Nicodemus also.

Nicodemus. See John 3:1, and John 7:50.

to. Greek. pros. App-104.

by night. Now he comes openly, as Joseph did,

and brought. bringing.

a mixture. Greek. migma. Occurs only here. Some read heligma. a roll.

myrrh. Greek. smurna. Only here and in Matthew 2:11,

aloes. a fragrant aromatic wood. Occurs only here in N.T. Referred to four times in O.T.

pound. Greek. litra. See John 12:3 and App-51.

John 19:39

39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.