Matthew 26:7
a woman that had a box of alabaster of precious ointment, came to him, and shedded it out on the head of him resting (or and poured it out upon his head while he was resting).
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
In Context
6And when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leprous,
8And the disciples seeing (this) had disdain, and said, Whereto is this loss?
Cross References
Psalms 133:2As ointment in the head; that goeth down into the beard, into the beard of Aaron. That goeth down into the collar of his cloth; (Like ointment on the head, that goeth down onto the beard, onto Aaron’s beard; yea, that goeth down onto the collar of his cloak.)
Ecclesiastes 10:1Flies that die (in it), lose the sweetness of [the] ointment. A little folly at some time is more precious than wisdom and glory. (Flies that die in an ointment can destroy its sweetness. And so a little foolishness can sometimes destroy wisdom and glory.)
Isaiah 57:9and adornedest thee with [the] king’s ointment, and thou multipliedest thy pigments; thou sentest far thy messengers, and thou art made low till to hells, (or thou sentest out thy messengers, or thy procurers, far and wide, even down to hell).
Luke 7:46Thou anointedest not mine head with oil; but this anointed my feet with ointment.
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 →