Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds. Cross References Genesis 50:2 And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him, 2 Chronicles 16:14 And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor. Psalm 45:8 All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad. Proverbs 7:17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon. Song of Solomon 1:13 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts. Song of Solomon 4:14 with nard and saffron, with calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of frankincense tree, with myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices. Matthew 2:11 On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh. Mark 16:1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus. John 3:1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. John 7:50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked, John 12:3 Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus' feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. Treasury of Scripture 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. Nicodemus. John 3:1 John 7:50-52 Matthew 12:20 a. John 12:7 2 Chronicles 16:14 Song of Solomon 4:6,14 |