Mark 14:3

And, he being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining, there came a woman, holding an alabaster-jar of perfume, pure spikenard, very costly; and breaking the jar she was pouring down [the perfume], upon his head.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

2for they were saying—Not in the feast, lest there be an uproar of the people.

4But there were some much displeased among themselves—To what end hath, this waste of the perfume happened?

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 4:13Thy buddings forth, are a paradise of pomegranates, with precious fruits,—henna bushes, with nard blossoms:

Matthew 21:17And, leaving them behind, he went forth outside the city into Bethany, and spent the night there.

Matthew 26:6But, Jesus, happening to be in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

John 11:2And Mary was she who anointed the Lord with perfume, and wiped his feet 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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