John 19:39 (WEB)
Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred Roman pounds.
Fathers and councils · 27
Athanasius of Alexandria
“…is represented by Nicodemus and by Mary’s company, when the one came bringing ‘a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pounds weight;’ and the others ‘the spices which they had prepared’ for the burial of the Lord’s body.” — editor's note: John xix. 39; Luke xxiv. 1.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Now these are the symbols of the burying; and in the Gospels it is said, The women came unto the sepulchre bringing the spices which they had prepared: Nicodemus also bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes.” — editor's note: John xix. 39.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Thy first odour is above all spices, which were used upon the burying of the Saviour, and the fragrance arises from the mortified motions of the body, and the perishing of the delights of the members.” — editor's note: S. John xix. 39.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day, for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.”” — editor's note: John xix. 38–42
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Augustine of Hippo
“Then, introducing Joseph again at this point, he continues in these terms: “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.” — editor's note: John xix. 39.
Read the whole comment“…praise commemorated in the Gospel, who having received His Body from the cross did carefully and with reverend honor see it wound and laid in the sepulchre.” — editor's note: John xix. 38, 39
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John Chrysostom
“Again after the crucifixion he bestowed great care upon the burial of the Lord’s body: “There came also,” saith the Evangelist, “Nicodemus, which came to the Lord by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.” ( c. xix. 39.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““After this came Joseph of Arimathæa, being a disciple.”” — editor's note: Ver. 38–40. “And after this Joseph of Arimathæa, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body…
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“If you be a Nicodemus, the worshipper of God by night, bury Him with spices.” — editor's note: John xix. 39.
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Joseph thinking that the hatred of the Jews would be appeased by His crucifixion, went with confidence to ask permission to take charge of His burial: And after this, Joseph of Arimathea besought Pilate.
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Arimathea is the same as Ramatha, the city of Elkanah, and Samuel. It was providentially ordered that he should be rich, in order that he might have access to the governor, and just, in order that he might merit the…
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He was not of the twelve, but of the seventy, for none of the twelve came near. Not that their fear kept them back, for Joseph was a disciple, secretly for fear of the Jews. But Joseph was a person of rank, and known…
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In performing this last office to our Lord, he shewed a bold indifference to the Jews, though he had avoided our Lord’s company when alive, for fear of incurring their hatred.
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Their ferocity being appeased for the time by their success, he sought the body of Christ. He did not come as a disciple, but simply to perform a work of mercy, which is due to the evil as well as to the good.…
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We must not read the words, at the first, first bringing a mixture of myrrh, but attach the first to the former clause. For Nicodemus at the first came to Jesus by night, as John relates in the former part of the…
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They bring the spices most efficacious for preserving the body from corruption, treating Him as a mere man. Yet this shews great love.
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We must observe however that it was simple ointment; for they were not allowed to mix many ingredients together. Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the…
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Wherein the Evangelist intimates, that in paying the last offices of the dead, the custom of the nation is to be followed. It was the custom of the Jewish nation to embalm their dead bodies, in order that they might…
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Nor does John here contradict the other Evangelists, who, though they are silent about Nicodemus, yet do not affirm that our Lord was buried by Joseph alone. Nor because they say that our Lord was wrapped in a linen…
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Hence hath come down the custom of the Church, of consecrating the Lord’s body not on silk or gold cloth, but in a clean linen cloth.
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But as they were pressed for time, for Christ died at the ninth hour, and after that they had gone to Pilate, and taken away the body, so that the evening was now near, they lay Him in the nearest tomb: Now in the…
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As no one before or after Him was conceived in the womb of the Virgin Mary, so in this grave was there none buried before or after Him.
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In that it was a new sepulchre, we are given to understand, that we are all renewed by Christ’s death, and death and corruption destroyed. Mark too the exceeding poverty that He took up for our sakes. He had no house…
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Implying that the burial was hastened, in order to finish it before the evening, when, on account of the preparation, which the Jews with us call more commonly in the Latin, Cæna pura, it was unlawful to do any such…
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The sepulchre was near, that the disciples might approach it more easily, and be better witnesses of what took place there, and that even enemies might be made the witnesses of the burial, being placed there as…
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Mystically, the name Joseph means, apt for the receiving of a good work; whereby we are admonished that we should make ourselves worthy of our Lord’s body, before we receive it.
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Even now in a certain sense Christ is put to death by the avaritious, in the person of the poor man suffering famine. Be therefore a Joseph, and cover Christ’s nakedness, and, not once, but continually by…
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Cross-references · 24
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.
Cited together in Bede on John 19:38–42 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 5.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 5.
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 5.
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 5.
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 5.
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 5.
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 5.
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 5.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.24.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.24.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.24.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.24.