John 19:39

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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.

Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a leading man among the Jews.

But one of their number, Nicodemus, who before this had been to see Jesus, said to them:

A bruised reed he will not break, And a smoldering wick he will not quench, Till he has brought the judgment to a victorious issue,

But many who are first now will then be last, and those who are last will be first.

"Let her alone," said Jesus, "that she may keep it till the day when my body is being prepared for burial.

In pouring this perfume on my body, she has done it for my burying.

He now went to see Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus;