Matthew Chapter 26 verse 12 Holy Bible
For in that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
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For in putting this perfume on my body, she did it to make me ready for my last resting-place.
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For in pouring out this ointment on my body, she has done it for my burying.
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For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
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For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
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for she having put this ointment on my body -- for my burial she did `it'.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - On my body, she did it for my burial (πρὸς τὸ ἐνταφιάσαι με, to prepare me for burial). This doubtless was in some sort her intention (see on ver 10). She desired to offer what she could (Mark 14:8) of the offices and attentions due to the corpse of a beloved and revered Friend. Christ interpreted her act, and gave it a solemn significance. By this effusion of the precious unguent site anticipated the embalming of the Lord's body; she showed her reverence for that body which was to be given for the life of the world not many days hence. The full meaning of the mystery of which she was the instrument Mary did not comprehend, but what she had consciously done received a wonderful commendation from the Lord, which has no parallel in the Gospel history.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) She did it for my burial.--The words must have fallen with a strange sadness upon the ears of the disciples and the other guests. They were expecting that "the kingdom of God should immediately appear" (Luke 19:11), and were looking forward to the dawn of the next day as the hour of its victory and triumph. The enthusiasm of the moment made them deaf to the real import of what they heard, and their Master, alone of all that company, knew that the fragrance of that perfume would not have died away when His body should be laid in the sepulchre.