Commentaries:Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
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John 19:40
In linen cloths (oqonioiv). Late diminutive for the old oqonh, used for ships' sails, in N.T. here and Luke 24:12. Case here either locative or instrumental.
With the spices (meta twn arwmatwn). Late word arwma for spices, from fumes.
To bury (entafiazein). Late verb, from entafia (en, tafov) the burial preparations of all sorts (flowers, perfumes, etc.), in N.T. only here and Matthew 26:12.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 19:40:
Matthew 26:12
Matthew 27:57
Mark 15:45
Mark 15:46
Mark 16:1
Luke 2:27
Luke 23:53
John 12:7
John 20:5
Hebrews 10:25
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