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MATTHEW 26:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 26:11Matt 26:13
“For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.”
In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it to prepare me for burial. Jesus' interpretation of the woman's act: preparation for burial. The anointing that looked like extravagant honor is revealed as prophetic preparation for the death that is two days away. The woman who did not know she was preparing Jesus for burial is the prophetic actor par excellence — the Spirit-inspired act that is more than the actor understood.

Church Fathers on Matthew 26:12

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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