“ For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. ”
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...
For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. And given to the poor - How often does charity serve as a cloak for covetousness! God is sometimes robbed of his right under th...
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 .
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 ).
This ointment might have been sold for much. — St. Mark and St. John agree in giving the Traitor’s computation. It might have been sold for three hundred denarii, a labourer’s wages for nearly a...
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...
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...
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...
"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...
For this ointment might have been sold for much ,.... Mark says, "for more than three hundred pence", Mark 14:5 : now if this is to be understood of Roman pence, each penny being seven pence half p...
For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. Ver. 9. For this ointment might have been sold ] True, and better it had been sold, had it been a superfluous and idle expe...
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...
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...
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...
See Poole on " Matthew 26:13 " .
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...
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 26:6-13 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...
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 26:2 . 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,...
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...
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...
The anointing in Bethany:
1 Samuel 15:21 ; 1 Samuel 15:9 ; 2 Kings 5:20 ; 2 Peter 2:15 ; John 12:5 ; John 12:6 ; Joshua 7:20 ; Joshua 7:21 ; Mark 14:5