Matthew 26:12

Matthew 26:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
• New International Version (NIV)When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In pouring this ointment on my body, she has done it to prepare me for burial.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For in pouring this fragrant oil on My body, she did it for My burial.

Context of Matthew 26:12

10But Jesus knowing [it] said to them, Why do ye trouble the woman? for she has wrought a good work toward me. 11For ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always. For in pouring out this ointment on my body, she has done it for my burying. 13Verily I say to you, Wheresoever these glad tidings may be preached in the whole world, that also which this [woman] has done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. 14Then one of the twelve, he who was called Judas Iscariote, went to the chief priests

Matthew 26:12 word by word

βαλοῦσα γὰρ αὕτη τὸ μύρον τοῦτο ἐπὶ τοῦ σώματός μου πρὸς τὸ ἐνταφιάσαι με ἐποίησεν.¶Read the interlinear

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Cross-references for Matthew 26:12

• 2 Chronicles 16:14And they buried him in his own sepulchre, which he had excavated for himself in the city of David, and laid him in a bed filled with spices, a mixture of divers kinds prepared by the perfumer's art; and they made a very great burning for him.
• Mark 14:8What she could she has done. She has beforehand anointed my body for the burial.
• Mark 16:1And the sabbath being [now] past, Mary of Magdala, and Mary the [mother] of James, and Salome, bought aromatic spices that they might come and embalm him.
• Luke 23:56And having returned they prepared aromatic spices and ointments, and remained quiet on the sabbath, according to the commandment.
• Luke 24:1But on the morrow of the sabbath, very early indeed in the morning, they came to the tomb, bringing the aromatic spices which they had prepared.
• John 12:7Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to have kept this for the day of my preparation for burial;
• John 19:39And Nicodemus also, who at first came to Jesus by night, came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds [weight].

Commentaries on Matthew 26:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12She did it for my burial - Or, She hath done it to embalm me - . The Septuagint use Ϛ for the person whose office it was to embalm, Genesis 50:2, and for the Hebrew הנט which signifies to prepare with spices, or aromatics, Genesis 50:3. Our Lord took this opportunity to tell them, once more, that he was shortly to die.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-13Verses 6-13 The pouring ointment upon the head of Christ was a token of the highest respect. Where there is true love in the heart to Jesus Christ, nothing will be thought too good to bestow upon him. The more Christ's servants and their services are cavilled at, the more he manifests his acceptance. This act of faith and love was so remarkable, that it would be reported, as a memorial of Mary's faith and love, to all future ages, and in all places where…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12prepared My body for burial: We do not know if the woman fully understood what she was doing. The anointing also symbolizes Jesus as king and priest (1 Samuel 10:1; 2 Kings 9:6; Exodus 29:7).Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 26:12

• Anointing
• Bethany
• Dead (People)
• Jesus, the Christ
• Love
• Mary

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Commentaries on Matthew 26

• 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