John 12:3

Then Miryam, having taken a pound of mishcha (ointment) of expensive genuine spikenard, anointed the feet of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach and wiped off with her hair his feet. And the bais was filled with the aroma of the mishcha.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2Then they made Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach a seudah there. And Marta was serving, and El'azar was one of the ones reclining at tish with Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.

4And Yehudah from K'riot, one of the talmidim of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, the talmid being about to betray him, says

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Cross References

Psalms 132:2How he swore unto Hashem, 1 and vowed unto Avir Ya'akov (the Mighty One of Ya'akov); 1

Song of Solomon 1:3Tovim is the fragrance of thy shmanim (ointments); 1 thy shem (name) is like shemen (ointment) poured forth; 1 therefore do the alamot love thee. + 1:3 alamot, young unmarried virgins; pl of almah virgin; see Shir Song 6:8; Isa 7:14; Gn 24:43; Ex 2:8; Prov 30:19, where the word has this explicit or implicit meaning throughout the Tanakh; see The Translator to the Reader 1

Song of Solomon 4:10How fair is thy love, my sister, my kallah! 1 How much better is thy love than yayin! 1 And the scent of thine perfumes than any spice! 1

Matthew 26:6And, while Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was in Beit-Anyah in the bais of Shim'on the leper,

Luke 7:37And an isha (woman) was in the shtetl, an isha chotet (a woman of sin), and, when she had daas that Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach reclines at tish in the bais of the Parush, she brought an alabaster flask of costly perfume.

Luke 10:38And while they were on the derech, he entered into a certain shtetl. And a certain isha by name of Marta received him.

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 →

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