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Selected Verse: Matthew 26:12 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Mt 26:12 |
King James |
For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
for my
Supply to prepare me. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
She hath done it for my burial - As it were for the embalming of my body. Indeed this was not her design: but our Lord puts this construction upon it, to confirm thereby what he had before said to his disciples, concerning his approaching death. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
She did it for my burial - Or, She hath done it to embalm me - ενταφιασαι με. The Septuagint use ενταφιαϚης for the person whose office it was to embalm, Gen 50:2, and ενταφιαζω for the Hebrew הנט which signifies to prepare with spices, or aromatics, Gen 50:3. Our Lord took this opportunity to tell them, once more, that he was shortly to die. |
3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.