Matthew 26:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. ”

Matthew 26:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For (f) in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did [it] for my burial. (f) In that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to bury me.
Matthew 26:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Anointing of Jesus ( Mark 13:3-9 *) Mt. follows Mk. very closely, though abbreviating somewhat, e.g. in Matthew 26:7 ; Matthew 26:9 ; Matthew 26:11 . It is the Fourth Gospel that assigns...
Matthew 26:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

burial . embalming. Compare John 19:40 . Should be the same as in Mark 14:8 ; John 12:7 . It is the Septuagint for Hebrew. hanat, in Genesis 50:2 .
Matthew 26:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12 She hath done it to bury me. By these words Christ confirms what we have said, that the precious ointment was not valued by him on account of its odor, but solely in reference to his...
Matthew 26:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. She did it for my burial - Or, She hath done it to embalm me - ενταφιασαι με. The Septuagint use ενταφιαϚης for the p...
Matthew 26:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Why trouble ye the woman, &c.— The vindication of the woman suggests the reason why Jesus permitted so expensive a compliment to be paid to him. He told them, that God had ordered it for the ex...
Matthew 26:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 14:1-11 .
Matthew 26:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Betrayal. The Last Supper. Arrest of Jesus, and Trial Before the High Priest 1-5. A Council is held against Jesus ( Mark 14:1 ; Luke 22:1 : cp. John 13:1 ).
Matthew 26:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

She did it for my burial. — The words must have fallen with a strange sadness upon the ears of the disciples and the other guests. They were expecting that “the kingdom of God should immediately ap...
Matthew 26:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 19 The Great Atonement Day - Matthew 26:1-75 - Matthew 27:1-56 WE enter now on the story of the last day of the mortal life of our Lord and Saviour. We have already noticed the large pr...
Matthew 26:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Love's Fragrant Ministry Matthew 26:1-13 How great the contrast between the plotting in the court of Caiaphas and the love-ministry of Bethany! Yet even there, a strain of needless sorrow was a...
Matthew 26:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The Lord now reverted to the theme of His coming suffering, telling the disciples with great definiteness of the time-"after two days"; and of the event-"The Son of Man is delivered up to be crucifie...
Matthew 26:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, (7) There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. (8) B...
Matthew 26:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For in that she hath poured this ointment ,.... Which was so very precious, and cost so much, upon my body : for being poured on his head, it ran down all over his body. She did it for my burial...
Matthew 26:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. Ver. 12. She did it for my burial ] This Mary perhaps understood not. So things that we think come to pass by hap...
Matthew 26:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When Jesus was in the house of Simon the leper That is, who had been a leper, but, as seems highly probable, had been healed by Jesus. At least, it is not to be thought that he was now a leper, for...
Matthew 26:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Only when His prophetic word, with its every dispensational bearing, is complete does the King, in calm, conscious authority, declare to His disciples that the time has arrived for His being betrayed...
Matthew 26:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ Anointed at Bethany. 6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7 There came unto him a woman havin...
Matthew 26:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 26:13 " .
Matthew 26:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preparation For What Lies Ahead (26:1-19). In this subsection we see Jesus' (and God's) preparations for what lies ahead which are interspersed with indications of the activities of the Chief Prie...
Matthew 26:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 26:2 . The feast of the Passover commemorated the deliverance of Israel from the Egyptian bondage. The ordinances of the first Passover are narrated Exodus 12:1-14 , but...
Matthew 26:12 - Scofield Reference Notes

for my Supply to prepare me.
Matthew 26:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 26:6-13 The Alabaster Box. Here is a woman probably a poor woman doing an action which excites the indignation of the whole Church. Not a voice is heard in her favour except sublime excep...
Matthew 26:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

6, 7. Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat....
Matthew 26:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 26:2 . After two day is the passover. This is the literal import of the Greek word πασχα pascha, and the Hebrew word פסח pesach, because the Israelites, after eating the paschal lamb,...
Matthew 26:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper. Christ anointed for His burial Let us endeavour to find out what was the latent virtue in the apparently simple act which won so...
Matthew 26:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ch. 26-28:20 THUS JESUS ENTERS UPON HIS KINGDOM . Before attempting to expound this most momentous section of the gospel history, we must make up our minds concerning the...
Matthew 26:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Christ's defense of the woman:
Matthew 26:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 16:14 ; John 12:7 ; John 19:39 ; John 19:40 ; Luke 23:56 ; Luke 24:1 ; Mark 14:8 ; Mark 16:1
Matthew 26:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

She hath done it for my burial — As it were for the embalming of my body. Indeed this was not her design: but our Lord puts this construction upon it, to confirm thereby what he had before said to...

Matthew 26:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 26:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 26:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 26:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 26:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 26:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 26:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 26:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 26:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 26:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 26:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 26:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 26:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 26:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 26:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 26:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 26:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 26:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 26:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 26:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 26:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 26:12 - Scofield Reference Notes

Matthew 26:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 26:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 26:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 26:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 26:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 26:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 26:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 26:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes