Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes − about 75 pounds. Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it with the spices. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.

Nicodemus was a member of the Jewish supreme court, the 71-member Sanhedrin, who privately became convinced of Jesus’ divinity and visited him clandestinely at night in John 3:1-21. The Revs.

Nicodemus, the Pharisee who comes under the cover of night to visit the upstart teacher Jesus, opens with what we must assume is a sincere compliment: ... The Bible employs many merisms, in which two ...