Mark 14:3

And when he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he reclined, a woman came having an alabaster box of precious ointment of spikenard, of great price; and she opened and poured upon the head of Jesus.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.

In Context

2But they said: Not on the festival, lest there be commotion among the people.

4And there were certain of the disciples, who were dissatisfied among themselves, and said: Why was this waste of the ointment?

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Cross References

Matthew 21:17thou hast acquired praise? And he left them, and retired out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.

Matthew 26:6And when Jesus was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

John 11:2It was that Mary who anointed the feet of Jesus with perfume, and wiped them with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

Matthew Henry on Mark 14:2-12

Christ Anointed at Bethany; Judas Engages to Betray Christ. 1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. 2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people. 3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.… Read the whole commentary →

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