John 19:39

ἦλθε δὲ καὶ Νικόδημος. “Thus Jesus by being lifted up is already drawing men unto Him. These Jewish aristocrats first confess Him in the hour of His deepest degradation.” Plummer. Nicodemus is identified as ὁ ἐλθὼν … τὸ πρῶτον, “he who came to Jesus by night at the first”; John 3:1, in contrast to the boldness of his coming now. φέρων μίγμα … ἑκατόν. μίγμα, a “confection” or “compound,” cf. Sir 38:8. σμύρνης καὶ ἀλόης, “of myrrh and aloes”. Myrrh was similarly used by the Egyptians, see Herod., ii. 83. Cf. Psalms 45:9. ὡσεὶ λίτρας ἑκατόν. The λίτρα (libra) was rather over eleven ounces avoirdupois. The enormous quantity has been accounted for as a rich man's expression of devotion, or as required if the entire body and all the wrappings were to be smeared with it, and if the grave itself was to be filled with unguents as in 2 Chronicles 16:14.