John 12:3

John 12:3

The Anointing at Bethany

1 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, ^awhere Lazarus was who had been dead, whom He had raised from the dead.

2 ^aThere they made Him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with Him.

3 Then ^aMary took a pound of very costly oil of ^bspikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.

4 But one of His disciples, ^aJudas Iscariot, Simon’s son, who would betray Him, said,

5 “Why was this fragrant oil not sold for¹ three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”

6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and ^ahad the money box; and he used to take what was put in it.

7 But Jesus said, “Let her alone;¹ she has kept this for the day of My burial.

8 For ^athe poor you have with you always, but Me you do not have always.”

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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spikenard—or pure nard, a celebrated aromatic (Song of Solomon 1:12).

anointed the feet of Jesus—and "poured it on His head" (Matthew 26:7; Mark 14:3). The only use of this was to refresh and exhilarate—a grateful compliment in the East, amidst the closeness of a heated atmosphere, with many guests at a feast. Such was the form in which Mary's love to Christ, at so much cost to herself, poured itself out.

John 12:1-8

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.

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