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MATTHEW 26:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 26:10Matt 26:12
“For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.”
For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me. The always-have-the-poor and not-always-have-me creates the eschatological context for the act: the opportunity to care for the poor is permanent and will always be available; the opportunity to anoint Jesus before his burial is singular and passing. The saying is not a prioritization of one over the other but a recognition of the unique character of the present moment.

Church Fathers on Matthew 26:11

Having set before us the counsels of the chief of the Jews concerning the death of Christ, the Evangelist would proceed to follow out their execution, and to relate the bargain of Judas with the Jews to deliver Him up, but be first shews the cause of this betrayal. He was grieved that the ointment which the woman poured upon Christ’s head had not been sold that he might have carried off something out of the price it brought, and to make up this loss he was willing to betray…

Gloss (Glossa Ordinaria) · medieval compilation · non. occ.

Not that he was a leper yet, but having been so, and having been healed by the Saviour, be retained the appellation to shew forth the power of Him who healed him.

Jerome · 4th century

'Alabaster' is a kind of marble, white but marked with veins of different colours, which was in use for vessels to hold ointment, because it was said to preserve it from corruption.

Rabanus Maurus · 9th century
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