Matthew 26:12

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

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
For in that	γὰρ gar	G1063	properly · conjunction
she	αὐτός autós	G846	the reflexive pronoun self
hath poured	βαλοῦσα balousa	G906	to throw (in various applications · verb — second aorist active participle, nominative singular feminine
this	τοῦτο toûto	G5124	that thing
ointment	μύρον muron	G3464	"myrrh" · noun — accusative singular neuter
on	ἐπὶ epi	G1909	properly · preposition
my	μοῦ moû	G3450	of me
body	σώματός sōmatos	G4983	the body (as a sound whole) · noun — genitive singular neuter
she did	ἐποίησεν.¶ epoiēsen	G4160	to make or do (in a very wide application · verb — aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
for	πρὸς pros	G4314	a preposition of direction · preposition
my	μου mou	G3165	me · personal pronoun — 1st person genitive singular
burial	ἐνταφιάσαι entaphiasai	G1779	to inswathe with cerements for interment · verb — aorist active infinitive

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Mark 14:8 She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
John 12:7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
2 Chronicles 16:14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with…
Mark 16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and a…
Luke 23:56-24:1 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
John 19:39-40 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound w…

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Commentary

John Gill on Matthew 26:12

For in that she hath poured this ointment,.... Which was so very precious, and cost so much, upon my body: for being poured on his head, it ran down all over his body. She did it for my burial; not for the interment of his body, but for the embalming of it, previous to it: the Jews used to embalm their dead, to show their constant respect to the deceased, and their belief of the resurrection; at least not only used to wash them, but anoint them with oil; for so runs one of their canons (i): "they do all things necessary to the dead, (i.e. on the sabbath day,) "they anoint him": that is, as Bartenora adds, "with oil"; and they wash him;'' but the body of Christ, when dead, was not to be…

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John Calvin on Matthew 26:1-13

Matthew 26:1-13 Matthew 26:1-13 Mark 14:1-9 Luke 22:1-2 1. And it happened when Jesus had finished all these discourses, he said to his disciples, 2. You know that after two days is the passover; and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. 3. Then were assembled the chief priests, and scribes, and elders of the people, in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4. And entered into consultation how they would take Jesus by stratagem, and kill him. 5. But they said, Not during the festival, lest there be a commotion among the people. 6. And when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7. A woman came to him, having ointment, and poured it on his head, whi…

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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Matthew 26:12

to prepare my body for burial: It is not clear whether the woman fully understood the significance of her actions. In addition to preparation for burial, the anointing also speaks of Jesus as king (1 Sam 10:1; 2 Kgs 9:6) and priest (Exod 29:7).

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The Church Fathers

(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.
— Jerome, Commentary on Matthew

It was the custom among this people to embalm the bodies of the dead with divers spices, to the end that they might be kept from corruption as long as possible. And as this woman was desirous of embalming the Lord's dead Body, and would not be able because she would be anticipated by His resurrection, it was therefore arranged by Divine Providence that she should anoint the Lord's living Body. This then is what He says, In that she hath poured, that is, By anointing My living Body she shows forth My death and burial.
— Remigius of Rheims ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

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Dictionary and topics

Judas Iscariot — (Judas of Kerioth). He is sometimes called “the son of Simon,” (John 6:71; 13:2,26) but more commonly ISCARIOTES. (Matthew 10:4; Mark 3:19; Luke 6:16) etc. The name Iscariot has received many…
Oil — Only olive oil seems to have been used among the Hebrews. It was used for many purposes: for anointing the body or the hair (Ex. 29:7; 2 Sam. 14:2; Ps. 23:5; 92:10; 104:15; Luke 7:46); in some of the…
Ointment — Various fragrant preparations, also compounds for medical purposes, are so called (Ex. 30:25; Ps. 133:2; Isa. 1:6; Amos 6:6; John 12:3; Rev. 18:13).
Simon — The abbreviated form of Simeon. (1.) One of the twelve apostles, called the Canaanite (Matt. 10:4; Mark 3:18). This word “Canaanite” does not mean a native of Canaan, but is derived from the Syriac…
Anointing · Of the — Of the
Bethany · Jesus attends a feast in — Jesus attends a feast in
Burial · The body was: Anointed for — The body was: Anointed for
Dead (People) · .Anointing — .Anointing
Love · .Mary — .Mary

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).