Matthew 26:7

there drew near to him a woman who carried a vase of aromatic balsam, great of price, and she poured it upon the head of Jeshu as he reclined.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 when Jeshu was at Bethania, in the house of Shemun the leper,

8But his disciples saw and were displeased, and said, For what is this destruction?

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Cross References

Luke 7:46Thou with ointment my feet didst not anoint, but this with ointment of balsam my feet hath anointed.

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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