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``Seventy five pounds is about 30 to 40 kilogram. That's an enormous amount. That's a massive amount. What does that mean? Nicodemus bringing 75 pounds of myrrh and aloes. Probably those are used for the burial, right? But this mound, 75 pounds, that's the good amount for the burial fit for a king. So Nicodemus bring in a public place that amount of myrrh and aloes used for Jesus. That's his confession. That's his public action of faith. Jesus is the Messiah and the king. Now he shows a public, costly act of devotion. Fear transformed into courage.