Burial Customs

John 19:40

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.

John 20:7

And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.

2 Samuel 6:23

Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.

Acts 5:6

And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.

John 19:38-42

• Tombs
• Burial
• Cowardice

And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. 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. Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. read more There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand. show less

John 8:5

Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?

Mark 14:8

She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.

Matthew 26:12

• Anointing

For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.