Matthew 26:7

An isha approached him with an alabaster flask of costly perfume, and she poured it out on Moshiachʼs rosh, as he sat bimesibba (reclining at tish). + 26:7 table

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.

In Context

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

8And having seen this, Moshiachʼs talmidim were angry, saying, For what is this waste?

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Cross References

Psalms 133:2It is like the precious shemen upon the rosh, 1 that ran down upon the beard, 1 even Aharonʼs beard; 1 that went down to the collar of his robes; 1

Ecclesiastes 10:1Dead flies cause the perfumerʼs shemen to send forth a foul odor; 1 so doth a little sichlut outweigh chochmah and kavod. 1

Isaiah 57:9And thou wentest to Melech; + 57:9 i.e., the pagan g-d Molech, the deity of sacrificed offspring and abortions 1 with shemen thou didst increase thy perfumes, 1 and didst send thy + 57:9 political envoys far, 1 even down unto Sheol. 1

Luke 7:46With oil my rosh (head) you did not anoint. But she with perfume anointed my feet. + 7:46 Ps 23:5; Koh 9:8

Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:7-14

Christ Anointed at Bethany. 6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. 8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. 10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. 11 For ye have… Read the whole commentary →

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