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4 and aplotted to take Jesus by trickery and kill Him.  
5 But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the apeople.”  

The Anointing at Bethany

6 And when Jesus was in aBethany at the house of Simon the leper,  
7 a woman came to Him having an alabaster flask of very costly fragrant oil, and she poured it on His head as He sat at the table.
8 aBut when His disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?  
9 For this fragrant oil might have been sold for much and given to the poor.”
10 But when Jesus was aware of it, He said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a good work for Me.
11 aFor you have the poor with you always, but bMe you do not have always.  
12 For in pouring this fragrant oil on My body, she did it for My aburial.  
13 Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her.”

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

14 aThen one of the twelve, called bJudas Iscariot, went to the chief priests  
15 and said, a“What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?” And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver.  
16 So from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him.

Jesus Celebrates Passover with His Disciples

17 aNow on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying to Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”  
18 And He said, “Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, a“My time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.” ’ ”  
19 So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover.
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Matthew 26:6

In the house of Simon the leper (en oikiai Simwnov tou leprou). Evidently a man who had been healed of his leprosy by Jesus who gave the feast in honour of Jesus. All sorts of fantastic theories have arisen about it. Some even identify this Simon with the one in Luke 7:36 ff., but Simon was a very common name and the details are very different. Some hold that it was Martha's house because she served (John 12:2) and that Simon was either the father or husband of Martha, but Martha loved to serve and that proves nothing. Some identify Mary of Bethany with the sinful woman in Luke 7 and even with Mary Magdalene, both gratuitous and groundless propositions. For the proof that Mary of Bethany, Mary Magdalene, and the sinful woman of Luke 7 are all distinct see my Some Minor Characters in the New Testament. John (John 12:1) apparently locates the feast six days before the passover, while Mark (Mark 14:3) and Matthew (Matthew 26:6) seem to place it on the Tuesday evening (Jewish Wednesday) just two days before the passover meal. It is possible that John anticipates the date and notes the feast at Bethany at this time because he does not refer to Bethany again. If not, the order of Mark must be followed. According to the order of Mark and Matthew, this feast took place at the very time that the Sanhedrin was plotting about the death of Jesus (Mark 14:1 f.).




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 26:6:

Matthew 26:6
Mark 14:3
Mark 14:3
Luke 7:37
John 12:2
John 12:2

 

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