Parallel Verses King James Version 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. Darby Bible Translation a woman, having an alabaster flask of very precious ointment, came to him and poured it out upon his head as he lay at table. World English Bible a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table. Young's Literal Translation there came to him a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, very precious, and she poured on his head as he is reclining (at meat). Matthew 26:7 Parallel Commentary Geneva Study Bible{b} There came unto him a woman having an alabaster {c} box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. (b) For these things were done before Christ came to Jerusalem: and yet some think that the evangelists have two differing accounts. (c) These boxes were of alabaster, which in ancient times men made hollow to put in ointments: for some write that alabaster keeps ointment without changing it in any way; Pliny, book 13, chap. 1. [1] head No contradiction of Jn 12:3 is implied. The ordinary anointing of hospitality and honour was of the feet Lk 7:38 and head Lk 7:46 But Mary of Bethany, who alone of our Lord's disciples had comprehended His thrice repeated announcement of His coming death and resurrection, invested the anointing with the deeper meaning of the preparation of His body for burying. Mary of Bethany was not among the women who went to the sepulchre with intent to embalm the body of Jesus. Margin woman i.e. Mary of Bethany. Matthew 26:7 Parallel Commentaries Library January 3. "Watch and Pray" (Matt. xxvi. 41). "Watch and pray" (Matt. xxvi. 41). We need to watch for prayers as well as for the answers to our prayers. It needs as much wisdom to pray rightly as it does faith to receive the answers to our prayers. We met a friend the other day, who had been in years of darkness because God had failed to answer certain prayers, and the result had been a state bordering on infidelity. A very few moments were sufficient to convince this friend that these prayers had been entirely unauthorized, and that God had … Rev. A. B. Simpson—Days of Heaven Upon Earth 'Until that Day' The Last Pleading of Love The Real High Priest and his Counterfeit The Defence of Uncalculating Love The Power of Prayer in Relation to Outward Circumstances. An Awful Contrast A Woman's Memorial Sunday Next Before Easter. "For they that are after the Flesh do Mind the Things of the Flesh,", Cross References 2 Kings 9:1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead: Matthew 26:8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? Mark 14:3 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. Luke 7:37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, Jump to Previous Alabaster Alabaster-Box Bottle Box Costly Cruse Exceeding Expensive Flask Great Head Jar Lay Meat Ointment Perfume Poured Precious Price Reclined Reclining Sat Sweet-Scented Table VialJump to Next Alabaster Alabaster-Box Bottle Box Costly Cruse Exceeding Expensive Flask Great Head Jar Lay Meat Ointment Perfume Poured Precious Price Reclined Reclining Sat Sweet-Scented Table VialLinks Matthew 26:7 NIVMatthew 26:7 NLT Matthew 26:7 ESV Matthew 26:7 NASB Matthew 26:7 KJV Matthew 26:7 Bible Apps Matthew 26:7 Biblia Paralela Matthew 26:7 Chinese Bible Matthew 26:7 French Bible Matthew 26:7 German Bible Matthew 26:7 Commentaries Bible Hub |