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John 19:40

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19:40Then they took Jesus’ body and wrapped it, with the aromatic spices,116 in strips of linen cloth117 according to Jewish burial customs.118

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  1. 116 On this term see ἄρωμα. The Jews did not practice embalming, so these materials were used to cover the stench of decay and slow decomposition.
  2. 117 The Fourth Gospel uses ὀθονίοις (othoniois) to describe the wrappings, and this has caused a good deal of debate, since it appears to contradict the synoptic accounts which mention a σινδών (sindōn), a large single piece of linen cloth. If one understands ὀθονίοις to refer to smaller strips of cloth, like bandages, there would be a difference, but diminutive forms have often lost their diminutive force in Koine Greek ( §111.3), so there may not be any difference.
  3. 118 Grk “cloth as is the custom of the Jews to prepare for burial.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They took Jesus’s body and wrapped it in linen cloths with the fragrant spices, according to the burial custom of the Jews.

NLTNew Living Translation

Following Jewish burial custom, they wrapped Jesus’ body with the spices in long sheets of linen cloth.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in strips of linen cloth with the fragrant spices, as is the Jews’ custom to prepare for burial.

KJV 1900King James Version

Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.