Mark 14:8

Mark 14:8. She hath done what she could. Lit., ‘what she had she did.' Peculiar to Mark. High praise! What she did was a costly work in itself, and yet is judged by the same standard as the act of the poor widow (chap. Mark 12:44), on whom a similar commendation is bestowed.

She hath anointed my body beforehand. These words most plainly indicate that Mary, even if she did not understand the full significance of her act of love, in some sense anticipated His speedy death. Burying. The Greek word refers to the whole preparation for the tomb.