Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Matthew 26:12
For (f) in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did [it] for my burial.
(f) In that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to bury me.
For (f) in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did [it] for my burial.
(f) In that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to bury me.
Verse Matthew 26:12. _SHE DID_ IT _FOR MY BURIAL._] Or, _She hath done it to_ _embalm me _- ενταφιασαι με. The Septuagint use ενταφιαστης for the person whose office it was to _embalm_, Genesis 50:2,...
13. THE PASSION OF THE KING. Chapter s 26-27. CHAPTER 26 1. His Death Planned. (Matthew 26:1 .) 2. Mary of Bethany Anointing the King.(Matthew 26:6 .) 3. The Betrayal. (Matthew 26:14 .) 4. The Last...
THE ANOINTING OF JESUS (Mark 13:3 *) Mt. follows Mk. very closely, though abbreviating somewhat, _e.g._ in Matthew 26:7; Matthew 26:9; Matthew 26:11
THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST ACT OF THE TRAGEDY (Matthew 26:1-5)...
When Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster phial of very costly perfume, and poured it over his head as he reclined at table. When the disciples...
BURIAL. embalming. Compare John 19:40. Should be the same as in Mark 14:8; John 12:7. It is the Septuagint for Hebrew. _hanat,_ in Genesis 50:2....
The Feast in the house of Simon the Leper Mark 14:3-9; John 12:1-8 St John's narrative places this incident on the evening of the Sabbath the last Sabbath spent by Jesus on earth before the triumpha...
_for my burial_ For this use of perfumes cp. 2 Chronicles 16:14, "They laid him (Asa) in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries" art....
ΠΡῸΣ ΤῸ Κ.Τ.Λ. For this use of perfumes cp. 2 Chronicles 16:14, ‘They laid him (Asa) in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art.’...
THE FEAST IN THE HOUSE OF SIMON THE LEPER Mark 14:3-9; John 12:1-8 St John’s narrative places this incident on the evening of the Sabbath—the last Sabbath spent by Jesus on earth—before the triumphal...
Ver 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...
_THE ANOINTING AND BETRAYAL OF JESUS MATTHEW 26:1-16:_ The chief priests, scribes and elders plotted with Caiaphas to destroy Jesus. Their intention was to by trickery, kill Jesus. Nevertheless, they...
ΒΑΛΟΎΣΑ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΒΆΛΛΩ (G906) бросать; о жидкостях: лить. "Когда она вылила..." ΠΡΟΣ ΤΌ (G4314) с _inf._ выражает цель, ΈΝΤΑΦΙΆΣΑΙ _aor. inf. act. от_ ΈΝΤΑΦΙΆΖΩ (G1779) готовить к...
WHY TROUBLE YE THE WOMAN, &C.— The vindication of the woman suggests the reason why Jesus permitted so expensive a compliment to be paid to him. He told them, that God had ordered it for the exercise...
SECTION 63 JESUS IS ANOINTED BY MARY OF BETHANY (Parallels: Mark 14:3-9; John 11:55 to John 12:8) TEXT: 26:6-13 6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7 there came unto hi...
And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 14:1....
6 The Lord was twice anointed during the last week of His life, first, six days before the Passover, and on this occasion. One woman anointed His feet, this woman poured the attar on His head. This oc...
26:12 burying. (b-16) Or 'embalmment.' see Note to John 12:7 ....
THE BETRAYAL. THE LAST SUPPER. ARREST OF JESUS, AND TRIAL BEFORE THE HIGH PRIEST 1-5. A Council is held against Jesus (Mark 14:1; Luke 22:1 : cp. John 13:1)....
JESUS IS ANOINTED IN THE HOUSE OF SIMON THE LEPER (Mark 14:3; John 12:1 : see further on Jn). This incident seems in St. Matthew and St. Mark to take place on Tuesday or Wednesday evening, but the tru...
MY BURIAL] Another prediction of His death, followed in the next v. by a remarkable prophecy of the universal extension of His religion....
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 26 PLANS TO KILL JESUS 26:1-5 V1 When Jesus had finished teaching those things, he spoke again to his *disciples. V2 ‘As you know, t...
SHE DID IT FOR MY BURIAL. — The words must have fallen with a strange sadness upon the ears of the disciples and the other guests. They were expecting that “the kingdom of God should immediately appea...
Chapter 19 The Great Atonement Day - Matthew 26:1 - Matthew 27:1 WE enter now on the story of the last day of the mortal life of our Lord and Saviour. We have already noticed the large proportionate...
πρὸς τὸ ἐνταφ., to prepare for burial by embalming; so near is my death, though ye thought not of it: effect of the woman's act, not her conscious purpose. The Syriac version introduces a _quasi_. She...
_Anointing in Bethany_ (Mark 14:3-9, _cf._ John 12:1-11). Six days before Passover in John; no time fixed in Mt. and Mk. Certainly within Passion week. The thing chiefly to be noted is the setting of...
LOVE'S FRAGRANT MINISTRY Matthew 26:1-13 How great the contrast between the plotting in the court of Caiaphas and the love-ministry of Bethany! Yet even there, a strain of needless sorrow was added t...
The Lord now reverted to the theme of His coming suffering, telling the disciples with great definiteness of the time-"after two days"; and of the event-"The Son of Man is delivered up to be crucified...
Me you have not, or will not have always, in this visible manner. --- She... hath done it for my burial. St. Mark (xiv. 8.) says, She hath prevented the time to anoint me, which is done at burials, fo...
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...
"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) Bu...
We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
12_She hath done it to bury me. _By these words Christ confirms what we have said, that the _precious ointment _was not valued by him on account of its odor, but solely in reference to his _burial. _I...
The Lord had finished His discourses. He prepares (chapter 26) to suffer, and to make His last and touching adieus to His disciples, at the table of His last passover on earth, at which He instituted,...
FOR IN THAT SHE HATH POURED THIS OINTMENT,.... Which was so very precious, and cost so much, UPON MY BODY: for being poured on his head, it ran down all over his body. SHE DID IT FOR MY BURIAL; not...
For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did _it_ for my burial. Ver. 12. _She did it for my burial_] This Mary perhaps understood not. So things that we think come to pass by haphaz...
_When Jesus was in the house of Simon the leper_ That is, who had been a leper, but, as seems highly probable, had been healed by Jesus. At least, it is not to be thought that he was now a leper, for...
FOR MY BURIAL; it was customary to anoint the body, or embalm it with spices and ointment, preparatory to burial. So he says this might be considered as preparatory to his burial....
Christ's defense of the woman:...
FOR IN THAT SHE HATH POURED THIS OINTMENT ON MY BODY SHE DID IT FOR MY BURIAL....
Only when His prophetic word, with its every dispensational bearing, is complete does the King, in calm, conscious authority, declare to His disciples that the time has arrived for His being betrayed...
6-13 The pouring ointment upon the head of Christ was a token of the highest respect. Where there is true love in the heart to Jesus Christ, nothing will be thought too good to bestow upon him. The m...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 26:13"....
Matthew 26:12 For G1063 pouring G906 (G5631) this G5124 oil G3464 on G1909 My G3450 body G4983 she...
PREPARATION FOR WHAT LIES AHEAD (26:1-19). In this subsection we see Jesus' (and God's) preparations for what lies ahead which are interspersed with indications of the activities of the Chief Priests...
THROUGH SUFFERING TO TRIUMPH (26:1-28). Matthew's description of what follows in the next few days is very much abbreviated compared with Mark's and Luke's. While seemingly following Mark or his sourc...
IN THE FACE OF THEIR UNCERTAINTY GOD ARRANGES FOR JESUS TO BE ANOINTED FOR HIS BURIAL AS HIS PLAN GOES SMOOTHLY FORWARD (26:6-13). Meanwhile attention turns back on Jesus and His disciples. They had b...
“For in that she poured this perfumed oil on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.” Even as the woman had performed her act Jesus knew why His Father had arranged for this to happen. He was pr...
Matthew 26:12. TO PREPARE ME FOR BURIAL. Mary may have been aware of the predicted crucifixion, and thought of His actual burial when she anointed Him. If she was conscious of the meaning of her own a...
Our Lord had finished His public work as a Teacher; from this point He appears as High Priest. Matthew brings out this most fully: The events narrated in this section, though not given in chronologica...
TO PREPARE ME FOR BURIAL (προς το ενταφιασα με). Mary alone had understood what Jesus had repeatedly said about his approaching death. The disciples were so wrapped up in their own notions of a poli...
FOR MY Supply to prepare me....
Matthew 26:6 The Alabaster Box. Here is a woman probably a poor woman doing an action which excites the indignation of the whole Church. Not a voice is heard in her favour except sublime exception! t...
6, 7. _Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 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._ Th...
CONTENTS: Authorities plot Christ's death. Jesus annointed by Mary of Bethany. Judas sells Jesus. The last Passover. Lord's supper instituted. Gethsemane experience. Jesus before Caiaphas and Sanhedri...
Matthew 26:2. _After two day is the passover._ This is the literal import of the Greek word πασχα _pascha,_ and the Hebrew word פסח _pesach,_ because the Israelites, after eating the paschal lamb, pas...
TO GET ME READY FOR BURIAL. Mary did this to show her love. Jesus identifies it as an anointing for burial. [This was the custom. _See_ John 19:40.]...
_Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper._ CHRIST ANOINTED FOR HIS BURIAL Let us endeavour to find out what was the latent virtue in the apparently simple act which won so nob...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 26:1 The Crucified Messiah. Matthew narrates the events leading to Jesus’ death: (1) the Passover and Lord’s Supper and events in Gethsemane (Matthew
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 26:6 Matthew records this account of Jesus’ anointing at Bethany thematically. John records it chronologically, on Saturday night before Jesus’ triumphal entry (John 12:1)....
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
1-26 CHAPTER 26 _And it came to pass, when He had finished_, or _completed_, all that He had spoken in the last chapter concerning, the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of the world, then He gird...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 26:2. THE FEAST OF THE PASSOVER commemorated the deliverance of Israel from the Egyptian bondage. The ordinances of the first Passover are narrated Exodus 12:1, but some of th...
EXPOSITION Ch. 26-28:20 THUS JESUS ENTERS UPON HIS KINGDOM. Before attempting to expound this most momentous section of the gospel history, we must make up our minds concerning the solution of the di...
Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings (Matthew 26:1), This is the end of now the Olivet discourse. He now said to his disciples, Now you know that in two days is the feast o...
2 Chronicles 16:14; John 12:7; John 19:39; John 19:40; Luke 23:56;...
She hath done it for my burial — As it were for the embalming of my body. Indeed this was not her design: but our Lord puts this construction upon it, to confirm thereby what he had before said to his...