11 Bible Verses about embalming
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After this, he issued orders to his physician servants to embalm his father. So they embalmed Israel. It took 40 days to complete the process, the normal period required for embalming. Meanwhile, the Egyptians mourned for him for 70 days.
Some time later, Joseph died at the age of 110 years, and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.
Nicodemus, the man who had first come to Jesus at night, also arrived, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about 100 litra. They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths along with spices, according to the burial custom of the Jews.
Joseph bought some linen cloth, took the body down, wrapped it in the cloth, laid it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid it in a tomb cut in the rock, in which no one had yet been laid.
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices to go and anoint Jesus.
But at early dawn on the first day of the week, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.
Sarah lived for 127 years. That's how long Sarah's life was. She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, in Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. Then Abraham stood up from beside his dead wife and addressed the Hittites. He said, read more.
"I am an alien and an outsider among you. Give me a cemetery among you where I can bury my dead away from my presence."
Jesus said, "Remove the stone." Martha, the dead man's sister, told him, "Lord, there must be a stench by now, because he's been dead for four days."
The man who had died came out, his hands and feet tied with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a handkerchief. Jesus told them, "Untie him, and let him go."
From Thematic Bible
The Dead » Preparation of, for burial » Embalming
and he was buried in his own tomb that he had prepared for himself in the City of David. He was laid out on a bier that had been filled with various spices prepared by morticians, and the mourners built a massive bonfire to honor his memory.
Some time later, Joseph died at the age of 110 years, and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.
They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths along with spices, according to the burial custom of the Jews.
After this, he issued orders to his physician servants to embalm his father. So they embalmed Israel.
The Dead » Embalming
and he was buried in his own tomb that he had prepared for himself in the City of David. He was laid out on a bier that had been filled with various spices prepared by morticians, and the mourners built a massive bonfire to honor his memory.
Some time later, Joseph died at the age of 110 years, and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.
They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths along with spices, according to the burial custom of the Jews.
After this, he issued orders to his physician servants to embalm his father. So they embalmed Israel.
Embalming » How performed by the jews
Then they went back and prepared spices and perfumes, and on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
and he was buried in his own tomb that he had prepared for himself in the City of David. He was laid out on a bier that had been filled with various spices prepared by morticians, and the mourners built a massive bonfire to honor his memory.
They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths along with spices, according to the burial custom of the Jews.
Embalming » Learned by the jews in egypt
Some time later, Joseph died at the age of 110 years, and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.
After this, he issued orders to his physician servants to embalm his father. So they embalmed Israel.
Embalming » Of jesus
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices to go and anoint Jesus.
Joseph bought some linen cloth, took the body down, wrapped it in the cloth, laid it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
Embalming » An attempt to defeat God's purpose
You will eat food by the sweat of your brow until you're buried in the ground, because you were taken from it. You're made from dust and you'll return to dust."
Embalming » Unknown to early patriarchs
"I am an alien and an outsider among you. Give me a cemetery among you where I can bury my dead away from my presence."
Embalming » Time required for
It took 40 days to complete the process, the normal period required for embalming. Meanwhile, the Egyptians mourned for him for 70 days.
Embalming » Not always practised by the jews
Jesus said, "Remove the stone." Martha, the dead man's sister, told him, "Lord, there must be a stench by now, because he's been dead for four days."
Embalming » Of jacob
After this, he issued orders to his physician servants to embalm his father. So they embalmed Israel. It took 40 days to complete the process, the normal period required for embalming. Meanwhile, the Egyptians mourned for him for 70 days.
Embalming » Of asa
and he was buried in his own tomb that he had prepared for himself in the City of David. He was laid out on a bier that had been filled with various spices prepared by morticians, and the mourners built a massive bonfire to honor his memory.
Embalming » Of joseph
Some time later, Joseph died at the age of 110 years, and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.
