Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
said Jesus, Let her alone, against the day of my burying hath she done this—not that she thought of His burial, much less reserved any of her nard to anoint her dead Lord. But as the time was so near at hand when that office would have to be performed, and she was not to have that privilege even alter the spices were brought for the purpose (Mark 16:1), He lovingly regards it as done now.
THE ANOINTING AT BETHANY. (John 12:1-11)
six days before the passover—that is, on the sixth day before it; probably after sunset on Friday evening, or the commencement of the Jewish sabbath preceding the passover.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing John 12:7:
Song of Solomon 4:14
Mark 14:1
Mark 14:8
Luke 22:3
John 12:1-8
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