Mark 14:8

Mark 14:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
• New International Version (NIV)She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial.
• English Standard Version (ESV)She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial.
• New King James Version (NKJV)She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint My body for burial.

Context of Mark 14:8

6But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why are you bothering her and causing trouble? She has done a good and beautiful thing to Me. 7For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do something good to them; but you will not always have Me. She has done what she could; she has anointed My body beforehand for the burial. 9I assure you and most solemnly say to you, wherever the good news [regarding salvation] is proclaimed throughout the world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.” 10Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve [disciples], went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them.

Mark 14:8 word by word

ὃ ἔσχεν ἐποίησεν, προέλαβεν μυρίσαι τὸ σῶμά μου εἰς τὸν ἐνταφιασμόν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Sheοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• hath doneποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• whatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• she couldἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• she is come aforehandπρολαμβάνωprolambanō · to take beforehandG4301
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• anointμυρίζωmurizō · to anointG3462
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• bodyὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• bodyσῶμαsōma · bodyG4983
• to the buryingἐνταφιασμόςentaphiasmos · burialG1780

Cross-references for Mark 14:8

• 1 Chronicles 28:2Then David the king rose to his feet and said, “Hear me, my brothers [in arms] and my people. I had intended to build a permanent home for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and as a footstool for our God, and I prepared materials for the building.
• 1 Chronicles 29:1And King David said to all the assembly, “My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is still young and inexperienced and the work is great; for the temple is not for man but for the Lord God.
• 2 Chronicles 31:20This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah; and he did what was good, right, and true before the Lord his God.
• 2 Chronicles 34:19When the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes.
• Psalms 110:3Your people will offer themselves willingly [to participate in Your battle] in the day of Your power; In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn, Your young men are to You as the dew.
• 2 Corinthians 8:1Now, brothers and sisters, we want to tell you about the grace of God which has been evident in the churches of Macedonia [awakening in them a longing to contribute];
• Mark 15:42When evening had already come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
• Mark 16:1When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome purchased [sweet-smelling] spices, so that they might go and anoint Him.
• Luke 23:53And [after receiving permission] he took it down and wrapped it in a linen [burial] cloth and laid Him in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.
• Luke 24:1But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared [to finish anointing the body].
• John 12:7So Jesus said, “Let her alone, so that she may keep [the rest of] it for the day of My burial.
• John 19:32So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man, and of the other who had been crucified with Him.

Commentaries on Mark 14:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8To anoint my body to the burying - , against, or in reference to, its embalmment, thus pointing out my death and the embalmment of my body, for the bodies of persons of distinction were wrapped up in aromatics to preserve them from putrefaction. See on Matthew 26:12; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-11Verses 1-11 See this passage explained in the notes at Mark 14:1 And of unleavened bread - So called because at that feast no other bread was used but that which had been made without leaven or yeast. By craft - By subtlety (Matthew); that is, by some secret plan that would secure possession of him without exciting the opposition of the people. Mark 14:3 Ointment - This word does not convey quite the proper meaning. This was a perfume. It was used only to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Jesus explains the woman’s action. She had anointed his body in preparation for burial. It is not clear whether the woman understood that the death of Jesus was near, but her loving act served the purpose Jesus described.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. She hath done what she could--a noble testimony, embodying a principle of immense importance. she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying--or, as in John (Joh 12:7), "Against the day of my burying hath she kept this." Not that she, dear heart, thought of His burial, much less reserved any of her nard to anoint her dead Lord. But as the time was so near at hand when that office would have to be performed, and she was not to have that…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 14:8

• Anointing
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Mary
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Aforehand
• Anoint
• Craft
• Guest
• Perfumes
• Ready
• Simon
• Bethany
• Christ, Offices of
• Good

Commentaries on Mark 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings