Embalming: How Performed by the Jews
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2 Chronicles 16:14
And they buried him in his own sepulchers, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' are: and they made a very great burning for him.
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Luke 23:56
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
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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.
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Jesus in the Tomb.
... probable that in the executions performed by the ... precautions, especially when the
Jews had systematically ... provision of the materials necessary for embalming. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/renan/the life of jesus/chapter xxvi jesus in the.htm

Eastern Wise-Men, or Magi, visit Jesus, the New-Born King.
... very important, for it shows that the Jews originally regarded ... Christ but one day;
he had performed no miracles ... The gum was chiefly used in embalming dead bodies ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xiii eastern wise-men or magi.htm

In Joseph's Tomb
... as a pretext, the leading Jews requested Pilate ... of about a hundred pounds' weight,
for His embalming. ... turbaned priests, full of activity, performed their duties ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 80 in josephs tomb.htm

Homilies on the Gospel of John.
... commands, and mammon's, [364]147; His motive for reasoning with the Jews was to ... example,
and to show His submission to God, [377]153; why performed His greater ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homilies on the gospel of.htm

The Anglican Reform
... and other occasional offices, which might be performed by a ... the protection of the
Faith in embalming her Forms ... language he used would suggest as much to Jews. ...
/.../luckock/studies in the book of common prayer/chapter i the anglican reform.htm

The First Theban Empire
... Others have wished to consider it as representing Abraham, the sons of Jacob, or
at least a band of Jews entering into Egypt, and on the strength of this ...
/.../chapter iiithe first theban empire.htm

Resources
What was the significance of anointing spices in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

What does the Bible say about aromatherapy? | GotQuestions.org

Why did the Magi bring gold, frankincense, and myrrh to Jesus? | GotQuestions.org

Embalming: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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