6 Bible Verses about Myrrh
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And the merchants of the earth are weeping and mourning over her; because no one any longer buys their merchandise: their merchandise of gold, and of silver, and of precious stones, and of pearls, and of fine linen; and of purple, and of silk, and of scarlet, and all thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel of most valuable wood, and of brass, and of iron, and of marble; and cinnamon, and amomum, and incense, and myrrh, and libation, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and bodies and souls of men;
And having come into the house they saw the young child with Mary His mother, and having fallen down they worshiped Him, and opening their treasures they offered Him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
And they lead Him to Golgotha, a place which is interpreted, The place of a skull. And they gave Him myrrhed wine to drink: and He did not take it.
After these things, Joseph from Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but having been hidden on account of the fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take the body of Jesus. And Pilate permitted. Then he came and took the body of Jesus. And Nicodemus also, the one having come at first to Jesus by night, came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. Then they received the body of Jesus, and wrapped it in linens with aromatics, as is the custom to the Jews to embalm.
After these things, Joseph from Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but having been hidden on account of the fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take the body of Jesus. And Pilate permitted. Then he came and took the body of Jesus.
From Thematic Bible
Gilead » Exported spices » Balm » myrrh
Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » myrrh
myrrh » Used as a perfume
myrrh » A product of the land of canaan
myrrh » Traffic in
myrrh » Used for embalming
And Nicodemus also, the one having come at first to Jesus by night, came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.
myrrh » One of the compounds in the sacred anointing oil
myrrh » Offered to jesus on the cross
myrrh » Brought by the wise men (magi) as a present to jesus
And having come into the house they saw the young child with Mary His mother, and having fallen down they worshiped Him, and opening their treasures they offered Him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.