3. And being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman —It was "Mary," as we learn from :- . having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard —pure nard, a celebrated aromatic—(See Song of Solomon 1:12 ). very precious —"very costly" ( John 12:3 ). and she brake the box, and poured it on his head —"and anointed," adds John ( John 12:3- : ), "the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment." The only use of this was to refresh and exhilarate—a grateful compliment in the East, amid the closeness of a heated atmosphere, with many guests at a feast. Such was the form in which Mary's love to Christ, at so much cost to herself, poured itself out. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-4" class="com-number"
Pericope (part_of)
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pericope/per-mrk-14-002
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source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological