Matthew 26:6

Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

In Context

5But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be a riot among the people.”

7a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at the table.

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Cross References

Mark 11:12On the next day, as they went out from Bethany, Jesus was hungry.

Luke 7:37And behold, when a woman in that city who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of ointment.

John 12:1Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, the man who had died and whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:2-6

The Plot of the Chief Priests. 1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, 2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. 3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. 5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar… Read the whole commentary →

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