John 12:3
Mary, therefore, having taken a pound of ointment of spikenard, of great price, anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair, and the house was filled from the fragrance of the ointment.
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In Context
4Therefore one of His disciples—Judas Iscariot, of Simon, who is about to deliver Him up—says,
Cross References
Psalms 132:2Who has sworn to YHWH, || He has vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
Song of Solomon 1:3For fragrance [are] your good perfumes. Perfume emptied out—your name, || Therefore have virgins loved you!
Song of Solomon 4:10How beautiful have been your loves, my sister-spouse, || How much better have been your loves than wine, || And the fragrance of your perfumes than all spices.
Matthew 26:6And Jesus having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
Luke 7:37and behold, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having known that He reclines in the house of the Pharisee, having provided an alabaster box of ointment,
Luke 10:38And it came to pass, in their going on, that He entered into a certain village, and a certain woman, by name Martha, received Him into her house,
Matthew Henry on John 12:2-12
Mary Anoints Christ's Feet; Hypocrisy of Judas; Indignation of the Chief Priests. 1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. 3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. 4 Then… Read the whole commentary →