11 Bible Verses about embalming
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And Joseph will command his servants the physicians, to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed IsraeL And they will fill up forty days for him: for so will they fill up the days of the embalmed: and the Egyptians will weep for him seventy days.
And Joseph will die, the son of a hundred and ten years; and they will embalm him and will put in an ark in Egypt
And Nicodemus also came, he having come to Jesus at first by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about one hundred pounds. Then took they the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen bandages with spices, as the custom is to the Jews to prepare a body for interment.
And having bought fine linen, and taken him down, he rolled in fine linen, and placed him in a tomb, which was quarried out of a rock, and he rolled a stone at the door of the tomb.
And having taken it down, he wrapped it in fine linen, and put it in a tomb cut in stone, where none was ever laid.
And the sabbath having intervened, Mary Magdalene, and Mary of James, and Salome, bought spices, that having come, they might anoint him.
And in one of the sabbaths, in the depth of the dawn of day, they came to the tomb, bringing spices which they had prepared, and certain with them.
And the life of Sarah shall be a hundred years, and twenty years, and seven years; the years of the life of Sarah. And Sarah shall die in the city of four; this is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham will come to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. And Abraham will rise up from the face of his dead, and speak to the sons of Heth, saying,read more.
I am a sojourner and stranger with you: give me the possession of a grave with you, and I will bury my dead from my face.
Jesus says, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the dead, says to him, Lord, he already smells: for it is the fourth day.
And the dead came out, bound feet and hands with bandages; and his face was bound with a napkin. Jesus says to them, Loose him, and let him retire.
From Thematic Bible
The Dead » Preparation of, for burial » Embalming
And they will bury him in his graves which he digged for himself in the city of David, and they will lay him down upon the bed which was filled with spices and sorts seasoned with aromatics of work. And they will burn for him a great burning, even to vehemence.
And Joseph will die, the son of a hundred and ten years; and they will embalm him and will put in an ark in Egypt
Then took they the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen bandages with spices, as the custom is to the Jews to prepare a body for interment.
And Joseph will command his servants the physicians, to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed IsraeL
The Dead » Embalming
And they will bury him in his graves which he digged for himself in the city of David, and they will lay him down upon the bed which was filled with spices and sorts seasoned with aromatics of work. And they will burn for him a great burning, even to vehemence.
And Joseph will die, the son of a hundred and ten years; and they will embalm him and will put in an ark in Egypt
Then took they the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen bandages with spices, as the custom is to the Jews to prepare a body for interment.
And Joseph will command his servants the physicians, to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed IsraeL
Embalming » How performed by the jews
And having returned, they prepared spices and perfumed oils; and truly the sabbath were they at rest according to the command.
And they will bury him in his graves which he digged for himself in the city of David, and they will lay him down upon the bed which was filled with spices and sorts seasoned with aromatics of work. And they will burn for him a great burning, even to vehemence.
Then took they the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen bandages with spices, as the custom is to the Jews to prepare a body for interment.
Embalming » Learned by the jews in egypt
And Joseph will die, the son of a hundred and ten years; and they will embalm him and will put in an ark in Egypt
And Joseph will command his servants the physicians, to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed IsraeL
Embalming » Of jesus
And the sabbath having intervened, Mary Magdalene, and Mary of James, and Salome, bought spices, that having come, they might anoint him.
And having bought fine linen, and taken him down, he rolled in fine linen, and placed him in a tomb, which was quarried out of a rock, and he rolled a stone at the door of the tomb.
Embalming » An attempt to defeat God's purpose
In the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat food until thy turning back to the earth; for out of it thou wert taken; for dust thou art, and to dust shalt thou turn back.
Embalming » Unknown to early patriarchs
I am a sojourner and stranger with you: give me the possession of a grave with you, and I will bury my dead from my face.
Embalming » Time required for
And they will fill up forty days for him: for so will they fill up the days of the embalmed: and the Egyptians will weep for him seventy days.
Embalming » Not always practised by the jews
Jesus says, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the dead, says to him, Lord, he already smells: for it is the fourth day.
Embalming » Of jacob
And Joseph will command his servants the physicians, to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed IsraeL And they will fill up forty days for him: for so will they fill up the days of the embalmed: and the Egyptians will weep for him seventy days.
Embalming » Of asa
And they will bury him in his graves which he digged for himself in the city of David, and they will lay him down upon the bed which was filled with spices and sorts seasoned with aromatics of work. And they will burn for him a great burning, even to vehemence.
Embalming » Of joseph
And Joseph will die, the son of a hundred and ten years; and they will embalm him and will put in an ark in Egypt
