Matthew 26:12
For, she, pouring this perfume upon my body, so as to prepare me for burial, did it.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, always, the destitute, have ye with you,—but, me, not always, have ye;
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:14and they buried him in his own stately sepulchre, which he had hewn for himself in the city of David, and laid him on a couch which was full of sweet spices—yea of various kinds, made by the perfumer’s art,—and they burned for him with an exceeding great burning.
Mark 16:1And, the Sabbath having passed, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that, coming, they might anoint him.
John 12:7Jesus, therefore, said—Let her alone, that, for the day of my burial, she may observe it;
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 →