8 Bible Verses about embalming

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John 19:39-40

Then came Nicodemus also, (who, at the first, had come to Jesus by night,) bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. Then they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths, with the spices, according to the Jewish custom of burying.

Matthew 27:59

And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in clean linen,

Mark 15:46

And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulcher that had been hewed out of a rock: and he rolled a stone to the door of the sepulcher.

Luke 23:53

And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulcher that had been hewed in rock, in which no one had yet been laid.

Mark 16:1

And when the sabbath had passed, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.

Luke 24:1

And on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had prepared; and with them came certain others.

John 11:39

Jesus said: Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, said to him: Lord, the body is offensive; for he has been dead four days.

John 11:44

And he that had been dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes; and his face was bound around with a handkerchief. Jesus said to them: Loose him, and let him go.

From Thematic Bible


The Dead » Preparation of, for burial » Embalming

John 19:40

Then they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths, with the spices, according to the Jewish custom of burying.

The Dead » Embalming

John 19:40

Then they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths, with the spices, according to the Jewish custom of burying.

Embalming » How performed by the jews

Luke 23:56

And they returned, and prepared spices and ointment; and they rested on the sabbath, according to the commandment.

John 19:40

Then they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths, with the spices, according to the Jewish custom of burying.

Embalming » Learned by the jews in egypt

Embalming » Of jesus

Mark 16:1

And when the sabbath had passed, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.

Mark 15:46

And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulcher that had been hewed out of a rock: and he rolled a stone to the door of the sepulcher.

Embalming » An attempt to defeat God's purpose

Embalming » Unknown to early patriarchs

Embalming » Time required for

Embalming » Not always practised by the jews

John 11:39

Jesus said: Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, said to him: Lord, the body is offensive; for he has been dead four days.

Embalming » Of jacob

Embalming » Of asa

Embalming » Of joseph

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