Mark 14:3

Mark 14:3

The Plot to Kill Jesus

1 After ^atwo days it was the Passover and ^bthe Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take Him by¹ trickery and put Him to death.

2 But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar of the people.”

The Anointing at Bethany

3 ^aAnd being in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, as He sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster flask of very costly¹ oil of spikenard. Then she broke the flask and poured it on His head.

4 But there were some who were indignant among themselves, and said, “Why was this fragrant oil wasted?

5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred ^adenarii and given to the poor.” And they ^bcriticized her sharply.

6 But Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for Me.

7 ^aFor you have the poor with you always, and whenever you wish you may do them good; ^bbut Me you do not have always.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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As he sat at meat (katakeimenou autou). Matthew 26:7 uses anakeimenou, both words meaning reclining (leaning down or up or back) and in the genitive absolute. See on Matthew 26:6 in proof that this is a different incident from that recorded in Luke 7:36-50. See on Matthew 26:6-13 for discussion of details.

Spikenard (nardou pistikhv). This use of pistikov with nardov occurs only here and in John 12:3. The adjective is common enough in the older Greek and appears in the papyri also in the sense of genuine, unadulterated, and that is probably the idea here. The word spikenard is from the Vulgate nardi spicati, probably from the Old Latin nardi pistici.

Brake (suntriyousa). Only in Mark. She probably broke the narrow neck of the vase holding the ointment.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Mark 14:3:**

Matthew 26:6
Matthew 26:7
Luke 7:37
Luke 9:39
John 12:2
John 12:2
John 12:3
John 12:7
1 Timothy 2:9
1 Peter 3:4
Revelation 2:27

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