39 ^uNicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus¹ by night, came ^vbringing a mixture of ^wmyrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds² in weight. 40 So they took the body of Jesus and ^xbound it in ^ylinen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. 41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a ^zgarden, and ^ain the garden a new tomb ^bin which no one had yet been laid. 42 So because of the Jewish ^cday of Preparation, ^dsince the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.