John 12:3
And Mary took an alabaster box of perfume of choice spikenard, of great price; and anointed the feet of Jesus; and she wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the odor of the perfume.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
2And they made a supper for him there: and Martha served, and Lazarus was one of the guests with him.
4Then said Judas Iscariot, one of the disciples, he that was about to betray him:
Cross References
Matthew 26:6And when Jesus was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
Luke 7:37And there was a woman in the city, who was a sinner; and when she learned that he reclined in the Pharisee's house, she took an alabaster box of perfume,
Luke 10:38And it occurred, as they travelled by the way, that he entered a certain village, and a woman whose name was Martha, received him at her house.
Matthew Henry on John 12:2-12
Mary Anoints Christ's Feet; Hypocrisy of Judas; Indignation of the Chief Priests. 1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. 3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. 4 Then… Read the whole commentary →