Matthew 26:12
for in pouring this odoriferous ointment on my body, she hath done it for my burial.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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 the poor ye have always with you, but me ye have not always:
Cross References
Mark 16:1AND when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, purchased aromatics, that they might come, and anoint him.
John 12:7Then said Jesus, Let her alone: for the day of my burial hath she reserved this.
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 →