Matthew 26:12
And this her act, pouring the ointment on my body, she hath done as it were for my burial.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 at all times with you; but I am not with you always
Cross References
Mark 16:1And when the sabbath had passed, Mary Magdalena, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought aromatics, that they might come and anoint him.
John 12:7But Jesus said: Let her alone; she hath kept it for the day of my burial.
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 →