Matthew 26:12 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 26:12

By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For in that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

KJV

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

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Commentary

5 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 12.) For she has poured this ointment on my body, to bury me. What you perceive as a waste of ointment is actually a burial ritual. It is not surprising that she has given me the sweet smell of her faith, as I am about to shed my blood for her.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

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 his disciples, concerning his approaching death. This Gospel - That is, this part of the Gospel history.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This was as it were the embalming of his body; because the doing of that after his death would be prevented by his resurrection, it was therefore done before; for it was fit that it should be done some time, to show that he was still the Messiah, even when he seemed to be triumphed over by death.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

She did it for my burial - Or, She hath done it to embalm me - ενταφιασαι με. The Septuagint use ενταφιαϚης for the person whose office it was to embalm, Gen 50:2, and ενταφιαζω for the Hebrew הנט which signifies to prepare with spices, or aromatics, Gen 50:3. Our Lord took this opportunity to tell them, once more, that he was shortly to die.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

We now approach the closing scene of our Lord Jesus Christ’s earthly ministry. Hitherto we have read of his sayings and doings: we are now about to read of his sufferings and death. Hitherto we have seen him as the Great Prophet; we are now about to see him as the great High Priest. It is a portion of Scripture which ought to be read with peculiar reverence and attention. The place we on we stand is holy ground.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
βαλοῦσα	balousa	In pouring	G906 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
αὕτη	hautē	this [woman]	G3778 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
μύρον	muron	fragrant oil	G3464 →
τοῦτο	touto	this	G3778 →
ἐπὶ	epi	on	G1909 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
σώματός	sōmatos	body	G4983 →
μου	mou	of Mine	G3165 →
πρὸς	pros	for	G4314 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
ἐνταφιάσαι	entaphiasai	to bury	G1779 →
με	me	Me	G3165 →
ἐποίησεν.¶	epoiēsen	she did [it].	G4160 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Mark 14:8
She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 8:12
  For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
Through
Mark 16:1
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus.
leads to
- Luke 23:56
  Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.
- Matthew 28:1–10
  After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
- John 20:1–10
  Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.
- Mark 15:40
  And there were also women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.
Through
2 Chronicles 16:14
And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes;…
leads to
- Mark 16:1
  When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 50:2
  And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,
- 2 Chronicles 21:19
  This continued day after day until two full years had passed. Finally, his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died in severe pain. And his people did not make a fire…