Mark 14:8

She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying.

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WEBBE

She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying.

BSB

She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial.

KJV

She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.

ASV

She hath done what she could; she hath anointed my body beforehand for the burying.

BBE

She has done what she was able: she has put oil on my body to make it ready for its last resting-place.

Original Greek

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ὃ ho What G3739 ἔσχεν eschen she had G2192 αὕτη hautē this G3778 ἐποίησεν epoiēsen she performed G4160 προέλαβεν proelaben She came beforehand G4301 μυρίσαι murisai to anoint G3462 τὸ to the G3588 σῶμά sōma body G4983 μου mou of Mine G3165 εἰς eis for G1519 τὸν ton the G3588 ἐνταφιασμόν entaphiasmon burial G1780

The early church

(ubi sup.) As if the Lord said, What ye think is a waste of ointment is the service of my burial.
Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
For she is come aforehand as though led by God to anoint my body, as a sign of my approaching burial; by which He confounds the traitor, as if He said, With what conscience canst thou confound the woman, who anoints my body to the burial, and dost not confound thyself, who wilt deliver me to death?
Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–11

Did Christ pour out his soul unto death for us, and shall we think any thing too precious for him? Do we give him the precious ointment of our best affections? Let us love him with all the heart, though it is common for zeal and affection to be misunderstood and blamed; and remember that charity to the poor will not excuse any from particular acts of piety to the Lord Jesus. Christ commended this woman's pious attention to the notice of believers in all ages. Those who honour Christ he will honour. Covetousness was Judas' master lust, and that betrayed him to the sin of betraying his Master; the devil suited his temptation to that, and so conquered him. And see what wicked contrivances many have in their sinful pursuits; but what appears to forward their plans, will prove curses in the end.

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Matthew 26:10–12John 12:7–8

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Jesus, The ChristAnointing

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.