² Then Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So the physicians embalmed him,^(A)

⁷ “Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial.^(A)

³⁹ He was accompanied by Nicodemus,^(A) the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.^{[a] 40} Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen.^(B) This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.^(C)