John 19:40
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They took therefore the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths, with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.

wound.

John 11:44 And presently he that had been dead came forth, bound feet and hands with winding bands. And his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus said to them: Loose him and let him go.

John 20:5-7 And when he stooped down, he saw the linen cloths lying: but yet he went not in. . . .

Acts 5:6 And the young men rising up, removed him, and carrying him out, buried him.

Context
The Burial of Jesus
39And Nicodemus also came (he who at the first came to Jesus by night), bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. 40They took therefore the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths, with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. 41Now there was in the place where he was crucified a garden: and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein no man yet had been laid.…
Cross References
Genesis 50:2
And he commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father.

2 Chronicles 16:14
And they buried him in his own sepulchre, which he had made for himself in the city of David: and they laid him on his bed full of spices and odoriferous ointments, which were made by the art of the perfumers, and they burnt them over him with very great pomp.

Matthew 26:12
For she in pouring this ointment on my body hath done it for my burial.

Mark 14:8
She hath done what she could: she is come beforehand to anoint my body for the burial.

Luke 24:12
But Peter rising up, ran to the sepulchre and, stooping down, he saw the linen cloths laid by themselves: and went away wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.

John 11:44
And presently he that had been dead came forth, bound feet and hands with winding bands. And his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus said to them: Loose him and let him go.

John 12:7
Jesus therefore said: Let her alone, that she may keep it against the day of my burial.

John 20:5
And when he stooped down, he saw the linen cloths lying: but yet he went not in.

John 20:7
And the napkin that had been about his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but apart, wrapped up into one place.

Acts 5:6
And the young men rising up, removed him, and carrying him out, buried him.

Lexicon
So
οὖν (oun)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.

they took
ἔλαβον (elabon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2983: (a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

body
σῶμα (sōma)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4983: Body, flesh; the body of the Church. From sozo; the body, used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively.

of Jesus
Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

wrapped
ἔδησαν (edēsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1210: To bind, tie, fasten; I impel, compel; I declare to be prohibited and unlawful. A primary verb; to bind.

it
αὐτὸ (auto)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

in linen cloths
ὀθονίοις (othoniois)
Noun - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3608: A linen bandage, a wrapping. Neuter of a presumed derivative of othone; a linen bandage.

with
μετὰ (meta)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

the
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

spices,
ἀρωμάτων (arōmatōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 759: Spice, perfume. From airo; an aromatic.

according to
καθὼς (kathōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 2531: According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that.

[the] Jewish
Ἰουδαίοις (Ioudaiois)
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2453: Jewish. From Iouda; Judaean, i.e. Belonging to Jehudah.

burial
ἐνταφιάζειν (entaphiazein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 1779: To embalm, prepare for burial. From a compound of en and taphos; to inswathe with cerements for interment.

custom.
ἔθος (ethos)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 1485: A custom, habit; an institute, rite. From etho; a usage.


Additional Translations
So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.

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

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.

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

They took therefore the body of Jesus and bound it up in linen with the spices, as it is the custom with the Jews to prepare for burial.

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

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

Taking down the body they wrapped it in linen cloths along with the spices, in accordance with the Jewish mode of preparing for burial.

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

They took, therefore, the body of Jesus, and bound it with linen clothes with the spices, according as it was the custom of the Jews to prepare for burial;
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