6 Bible Verses about Myrrh
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The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one will buy their cargoes any more??12 cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet, all kinds of citron wood, all kinds of objects of ivory and costly wood, bronze, iron, and marble, and cinnamon, spices, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses, carriages, slaves??nd human lives!
and they went into the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they threw themselves down and did homage to him. They opened their treasure boxes and presented the child with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
And they took him to the place called Golgotha, which means the Place of the Skull. They offered him drugged wine, but he would not take it.
After this, Joseph, of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one, because of his fear of the Jews, asked Pilate to let him remove Jesus' body, and Pilate gave him permission. So Joseph went and took the body down. And Nicodemus also, who had first come to Jesus at night, went, taking a roll of myrrh and aloes weighing about a hundred pounds. So they took Jesus' body, and wrapped it with the spices in bandages, in the Jewish way of preparing bodies for burial.
They offered him drugged wine, but he would not take it.
After this, Joseph, of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one, because of his fear of the Jews, asked Pilate to let him remove Jesus' body, and Pilate gave him permission. So Joseph went and took the body down.
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, who had first come to Jesus at night, went, taking a roll of myrrh and aloes weighing about a hundred pounds.
myrrh » One of the compounds in the sacred anointing oil
myrrh » Offered to jesus on the cross
They offered him drugged wine, but he would not take it.
myrrh » Brought by the wise men (magi) as a present to jesus
and they went into the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they threw themselves down and did homage to him. They opened their treasure boxes and presented the child with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.