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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint My body for burial.
• New Living Translation (NLT)She has done what she could and has anointed my body for burial ahead of time.

Context of Mark 14:8

6But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 7For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me. She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial. 9And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her." 10Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him 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 King David rose to his feet and said: "Hear me, my brothers and my people. I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for the footstool of our God, and I made preparations for building.
• 1 Chronicles 29:1And David the king said to all the assembly, "Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is young and inexperienced, and the work is great, for the palace will not be for man but for the Lord God.
• 2 Chronicles 31:20Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he did what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God.
• 2 Chronicles 34:19And when the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes.
• Psalms 110:3Your people will offer themselves freely on the day of your power, in holy garments; from the womb of the morning, the dew of your youth will be yours.
• 2 Corinthians 8:1We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia,
• Mark 15:42And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
• Mark 16:1When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.
• Luke 23:53Then he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud and laid him in a tomb cut in stone, where no one had ever yet been laid.
• Luke 24:1But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.
• John 12:7Jesus said, "Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my burial.
• John 19:32So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, 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