John 19:40 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

wound. Greek. deo. Generally translated "bind". See John 11:44; John 18:12; John 18:24. The other evangelists use. different word.

linen clothes. linen cloths or bandages. The rolls' used for swathing the bodies of the rich (Isaiah 53:9). The Rabbis say criminals were wrapped in old rags.

bury. entomb. Greek. entaphiazo. Only here and Matthew 26:12. The noun entaphiasmos occurs in John 12:7 and Mark 14:8.

John 19:40

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