Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard very costly,.... Worth three hundred pence, according to Judas's estimation of it. This Mary was the other sister of Lazarus; Matthew 26:7,
Mark 14:3, concerning the nature and value of this ointment:
and anointed the feet of Jesus; as he lay upon the bed or couch, at supper:
and wiped his feet with her hair; Luke 7:38.
And the house was filled with the odour of the ointment; see Song of Solomon 1:3; ointment of spikenard was very odoriferous: this may be an emblem of the sweet savour of Christ, in the ministration of the Gospel, throughout the whole world.