Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Mark 14:6
And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? She hath wrought a good work on Me.
And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? She hath wrought a good work on Me.
See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 26:1. Mark 14:1 AND OF UNLEAVENED BREAD - So called because at that feast no other bread was used but that which had been made without leaven or ye...
PART IV. GIVING HIS LIFE A RANSOM FOR -- CHAPTER S 14-15. Chapter 14 _ 1. Seeking by Craft to put Him to Death. (Mark 14:1 .Matthew 26:2; Luke 22:1 .)_ 2. The Anointing. ...
THE ANOINTING OF JESUS. Lk. records a parallel incident (not an alternative version of the same story) earlier in the life of Jesus. Jn. (John 12:1) places the event six days before the Passover. This...
THE LAST ACT BEGINS (Mark 14:1-2)...
While Jesus was in Bethany, while he was reclining at a table in the house of Simon the leper, there came a woman who had a phial of ointment of pure nard. She broke the phial and poured it over his h...
JESUS. App-98. WROUGHT. The object had been accomplished. In John 12:7 (on the former occasion) it was to be reserved for the burial. GOOD. happy, excellent, appropriate. Not the same word as in Mar...
ἌΦΕΤΕ ΑΥ̓ΤΉΝ. This must mean _Let her alone_ rather than “Allow her”; _sinite eam_ (Vulg.). It was too late to prevent her. ΚΌΠΟΥΣ ΠΑΡΈΧΕΤΕ. Κόπος is a “blow,” and hence “worry” or “wear and tear”; L...
3–9. THE ANOINTING AT BETHANY Matthew 26:6-13; John 12:1-11...
Ver 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 [p. 275]; and she brake the box, and poured it...
_PREPARATION FOR CHRIST'S DEATH MARK 14:1-11:_ The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses designed a terrible plot to kill Jesus. It was just two days before Passover. The concern of these...
ΆΦΕΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΆΦΊΗΜΙ (G863) покидать, оставлять в покое. _Aor. imper._ здесь призывает к немедленному прекращению действия, ΠΑΡΈΧΕΤΕ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΈΧΩ (G3930) вызвать. В данн...
13. THE ANOINTING AT BETHANY 14:1-9 _TEXT_ 14:1-9 Now after two days was the feast of the passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him with...
_SUMMARY 14:1-52_ This section exhibits, on the one hand, the evil purpose and wicked plottings of the enemies of Jesus, and on the other, the self-sacrifice with which he prepared himself for the fat...
And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. AND JESUS SAID, LET HER ALONE; WHY TROUBLE YE HER? SHE HATH WROUGHT A GOOD WORK ON ME. It was good in itself,...
23 See 2Pe_3:17. 24-27 Compare Mat_24:29-31; Luk_21:25-27; Rev_6:12-17. Sixth Seal. 26 See Dan_7:13-14; 2Th_1:7-10; Rev_1:7. 28-32 Compare Mat_24:32-36; Luk_21:29-31. 28 The fig tree is political I...
THE LAST SUPPER. ARREST AND TRIAL OF JESUS 1, 2. A council of the Priests against Jesus (Matthew 26:1; Luke 22:1). See on Mt....
THE ANOINTING AT BETHANY (Matthew 26:6; John 12:1). See on Mt and Jn. 10, 11. JUDAS BETRAYS JESUS (Matthew 26:14; Luke 22:3). See on Mt....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 14 AN EXPENSIVE GIFT FOR JESUS VERSES 1-2 The important *priests had decided that...
(3-9) AND BEING IN BETHANY. — See Notes on Matthew 26:6. OINTMENT OF SPIKENARD. — The Greek word so translated is, as the various renderings in the margin show, of doubtful import. It is used by St....
SHE HATH WROUGHT A GOOD WORK ON ME. — “Good” in the sense of “noble,” as implying the higher form of goodness. The use of the word here is peculiar to St. Mark....
CHAPTER 14 CHAPTER: 14:1-9 (Mark 14:1) THE CRUSE OF OINTMENT "Now after two days was the feast of the passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might t...
ἐν ἐμοί, in me (_cf._ Matthew 17:12), for the more usual εἰς ἐμέ (in Mt., and imported into Mk. in T.R.)....
_The anointing in Bethany_ (Matthew 26:6-13)....
AN OFFERING OF LOVE Mark 14:1-16 This beautiful incident took place on the Tuesday evening of Passion Week, while the chief priests were gathered in the house of Caiaphas to plot the Lord's death, Ma...
Mary, conscious of the sorrow of death which was in her Lord's soul, poured out the rarest gift she possessed, and so anointed Him beforehand for His burial. Her name is forever redolent of pure devot...
THE SUPPER AT BETHANY Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9; John 12:2-8. _“Then they made for Him a supper there, and Martha served; and Lazarus was one of those sitting along with Him.”_ Matthew and Mark say...
(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_ o...
The transfiguration, as a matter of fact witnessed by the eyes of chosen witnesses, introduces naturally the great change that was about to be effected by the mighty power of God; for that wondrous sc...
_MARY’S ACT JUDGED_ ‘There were some that had indignation.… Jesus said, Let her alone.’ Mark 14:4; Mark 14:6 I. BY MAN.—John is our informant as to the origin of the indignation. It sprang up in th...
_AN OPPORTUNE WORK_ ‘She hath wrought a good work on Me.’ Mark 14:6 It would be easy enough to make out a ‘good case’ against Mary for this impulsive act of hers. Censoriousness, not to speak of ma...
chapter 14 resumes the thread of the history, but with the solemn circumstances that belong to the close of the Lord's life. The scribes and Pharisees were already consulting how they might take Him b...
AND JESUS SAID, LET HER ALONE,.... Jesus knowing the secret indignation of some of his disciples, and their private murmurings at the woman, and their continual teasings of her, because of the expense...
And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. Ver. 6. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 26:10 _"_...
_After two days was the feast of the passover_ For an explanation of these verses, see the notes on Matthew 26:1. _Of ointment of spike-nard, very precious_ “Either the word πιστικη,” says Dr. Whitby,...
Christ's head anointed. Matthew 26:1-13....
TITLE: Alabaster Box TEXT: Mark 14:1-9 PROPOSITION: Jesus encourages us to break boxes. QUESTION: How? KEY WORD: Responses READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. Background of story - 2 days before Jesus' de...
1-11 Did Christ pour out his soul unto death for us, and shall we think any thing too precious for him? Do we give him the precious ointment of our best affections? Let us love him with all the heart...
SEE POOLE ON "MARK 14:4...
Mark 14:6 But G1161 Jesus G2424 said G2036 (G5627) Let G863 her G846 alone G863 (G5628) Why...
THE PLOT AGAINST JESUS AND GOD'S PREPARATION FOR IT IN THE ANOINTING OF JESUS FOR HIS BURIAL (14:1-11). In this passage the leaders of the Jews plot His downfall (Mark 14:1), and in the event get the...
FROM BETRAYAL TO ARREST (14:1-52). The section now splits up into subsections, the first of which is from Mark 14:1. This subsection covers the period from the stated final intent of the Chief Priest...
A WOMAN ANOINTS JESUS WITH PERFUMED OIL (14:3-9). Mark deliberately places this incident between the plotting of the Sanhedrin and the offer of betrayal by Jesus, in order to lay emphasis on the fact...
‘But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you bother her? She has wrought a good work on me.” ' Jesus stepped in and intervened, telling them to stop upsetting the woman (so the muttering had become...
Chronology. See the Chapter Comments on Matthew 26. To the prediction of Matthew 26:1-2, Mark gives no parallel. His account of the anointing at Bethany resembles that of John (John 12:1-8), but he gi...
Mark 14:6. Let her alone (so John, but addressed in the singular to Judas). The rest of the verse corresponds with Matthew....
Mark 14:4 Wherever anything of the love of God exists there must be a desire to sacrifice some considerable portion of our worldly goods to Him; and the most ordinary way of doing so is by giving to...
Mark 14:1. _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. But they said, N...
CONTENTS: The plot against Jesus. Jesus annointed by Mary. The last Passover. The Lord's supper instituted. The Gethsemane experience. Peter's denial. Jesus delivered to the authorities. CHARACTERS:...
Mark 14:1. _After two days was the passover,_ when the chief priests and the scribes sought to form their plan, how they might surprise the Saviour and put him to death. Their scheme to do it after th...
_And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper._ WORKING FOR CHRIST The home of Mary and Martha and Lazarus at Bethany, about two miles from Jerusalem across the Mount of Olives, had been the...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 14:6 ANOINTED... BEFOREHAND FOR BURIAL. With this remark, Jesus again predicts his death (compare Mark 8:31;...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 14:1 Death and Resurrection in Jerusalem. The final three chapters of Mark tell of the final week of Jesus’ earthly life: his betrayal, arrest, trial, death, and resurrection....
A WOMAN ANOINTS JESUS WITH PERFUME MATTHEW 26:6-13; MARK 14:3-9; JOHN 12:1-8; MATTHEW 26:6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Sim
CHAPTER 14 1 _A conspiracy against Christ_. 3 _Precious ointment is poured on his head by a woman_. 10 _Judas selleth his Master for money_. 12 _Christ himself foretelleth how he shall be betrayed of...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 14:1. Render: _After two days was the Passover and the Azuma_ (or Leavenless Feast). The Passover was the lamb slain on the 14th Nisan (Exodus 12:6); the Azuma was...
EXPOSITION MARK 14:1 NOW AFTER TWO DAYS WAS THE FEAST OF THE PASSOVER AND THE UNLEAVENED BREAD; literally, _the passover and the unleavened _τό πάσχα καὶ τὰ ἄζυμα. It was one and the same fest...
After two days was the feast of the passover (Mark 14:1), Now, we have followed and traced Jesus in Mark's gospel through Sunday, His triumphant entry. Monday, when He came back to the temple and clea...
1 Peter 2:12; 1 Timothy 5:10; 1 Timothy 6:18; 2 Corinthians 10:18;...
Good. See on Matthew 26:10....