John 19:39
39Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus ▼▼tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
at night, ▼▼sn See John 3:1-21.
accompanied Joseph, ▼▼tn Grk “came”; the words “accompanied Joseph” are not in the Greek text but are supplied for clarity.
carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes ▼▼sn Aloes refers to an aromatic resin from a plant similar to a lily, used for embalming a corpse.
weighing about 75 pounds. ▼▼sn The Roman pound (λίτρα, litra) weighed 12 ounces or 325 grams. Thus 100 Roman pounds would be about 32.5 kilograms or 75 pounds.
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