John 12:7

Then sayde Iesus: Let her alone agaynst the daye of my buryinge she kept it.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

In Context

6This sayde he not that he cared for the pooer: but because he was a thefe and kept the bagge and bare that which was geven.

8The poore all wayes shall ye have with you but me shall ye not all wayes have.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:10When Iesus vnderstod that he sayde vnto the: why trouble ye the woman? She hath wrought a good worke apon me.

Matthew 27:57When the even was come there came a ryche man of Aramathia named Ioseph which same also was Iesus disciple.

Mark 15:42And now when nyght was come (because it was ye even that goeth before ye saboth)

John 19:38After that Ioseph of Aramathia (which was a disciple of Iesus: but secretly for feare of ye Iewes) besought Pylate that he myght take doune the body of Iesus. And Pylate gave him licence.

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 →

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