Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
She hath done what she could (o esxen epoihsen). This alone in Mark. Two aorists. Literally, "what she had she did." Mary could not comprehend the Lord's death, but she at least showed her sympathy with him and some understanding of the coming tragedy, a thing that not one of her critics had done.
She hath anointed my body aforehand for the burying (proelaben murisai to swma mou eiv ton entafiasmon). Literally, "she took beforehand to anoint my body for the burial." She anticipated the event. This is Christ's justification of her noble deed. Matthew 26:12 also speaks of the burial preparation by Mary, using the verb entafiasai.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Mark 14:8:
Luke 7:37
John 12:2
John 12:7
2 Peter 1:15
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