8 Bible Verses about embalming
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And there came also Nicodemus (who at first came to Jesus by night) and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes about an hundred pound weight. So they took the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen cloths, with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.
And he bought fine linen, and took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen, and laid Him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock; and rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre.
and he took it down and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre hewn in stone, where no one had ever yet been laid.
And when the sabbath was past Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices in order to come and embalm Him:
And on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared; (and some others with them:) and found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre:
Jesus saith, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the deceased, saith unto Him, Lord, by this time he is offensive; for it is the fourth day.
And he that had been dead came forth, having his feet and hands rolled up in grave-cloths: and his face bound about with a napkin. Then Jesus bid them, Loosen him and let him go.
From Thematic Bible
The Dead » Preparation of, for burial » Embalming
So they took the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen cloths, with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.
The Dead » Embalming
So they took the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen cloths, with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.
Embalming » How performed by the jews
but returned and prepared spices and perfumes; and then rested on the sabbath-day, according to the commandment.
So they took the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen cloths, with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.
Embalming » Learned by the jews in egypt
Embalming » Of jesus
And when the sabbath was past Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices in order to come and embalm Him:
And he bought fine linen, and took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen, and laid Him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock; and rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre.
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 away the stone. Martha, the sister of the deceased, saith unto Him, Lord, by this time he is offensive; for it is the fourth day.