8 Bible Verses about embalming
Most Relevant Verses
And there came also Nicodemus, he who at the first came to Him by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. So they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of Jews is to bury.
And he, having brought linen cloth, and having taken Him down, wrapped Him in the linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out of a rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
And, taking it down, he wrapped it in fine linen, and placed Him in a tomb, hewn in a stone, where no one was yet laid.
And, the sabbath having past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that, coming, they might anoint Him.
But, on the first day of the sabbaths, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they prepared.
Jesus saith, "Take ye away the stone." The sister of the deceased, Martha, says to Him, "Lord, already he is decaying; for he has been dead four days."
He that was dead came forth, bound feet and hands with grave-clothes; and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith to them, "Loose him, and let him go."
From Thematic Bible
The Dead » Preparation of, for burial » Embalming
So they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of Jews is to bury.
The Dead » Embalming
So they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of Jews is to bury.
Embalming » How performed by the jews
And, returning, they prepared spices and perfumes; and, on the sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
So they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of Jews is to bury.
Embalming » Learned by the jews in egypt
Embalming » Of jesus
And, the sabbath having past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that, coming, they might anoint Him.
And he, having brought linen cloth, and having taken Him down, wrapped Him in the linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out of a rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
Embalming » An attempt to defeat God's purpose
Embalming » Unknown to early patriarchs
Embalming » Time required for
Embalming » Not always practised by the jews
Jesus saith, "Take ye away the stone." The sister of the deceased, Martha, says to Him, "Lord, already he is decaying; for he has been dead four days."