Matthew 26:12
For this (woman) who hath poured this balsam upon my body, as unto my funeral hath done.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
In Context
11For in all time the poor you have with you, but me you have not in all time with you.
Cross References
Mark 16:1And when the shabath had passed Mariam Magdalitha and Mariam, (the mother) of Jacub and Shaloom, bought aromatics, and came to anoint him.
John 12:7But Jeshu said, Let her alone. For the day of my burial had she kept it.
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 →