Matthew 26:7
5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table.
- KJV
- There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
- WEB
- a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table.
- ASV
- there came unto him a woman having an alabaster cruse of exceeding precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head, as he sat at meat.
- DARBY
- a woman, having an alabaster flask of very precious ointment, came to him and poured it out upon his head as he lay at table.
- BLB
- a woman came to Him, having an alabaster flask of very costly fragrant oil, and she poured [it] on His head [as] He is reclining.
- ÅB
- kom en kvinne til ham. Hun hadde en alabaster-krukke med kostbar salve som hun helte ut over hodet hans mens han satt til bords.
- OTB
- kom en kvinne til ham med en alabastkrukke med meget kostbar parfyme, og hun helte den over hodet hans mens han lå til bords.
- B1930
- da kom en kvinne til ham, som hadde en alabaster-krukke med kostelig salve, og hun helte den ut over hans hode, mens han satt til bords.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 12:2–3
There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
Read in contextLuke 7:46
My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
Read in contextLuke 7:37–38
And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
Read in contextEcclesiastes 9:8
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
Read in contextPsalms 133:2
It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
Read in contextIsaiah 57:9
And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 1:3
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
Read in contextExodus 30:23–33
Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
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