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, “Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me. 7For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me! She did what she could. She anointed my body beforehand for burial. 9I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.” 10Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus into their hands.

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 28:2King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the Lord’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. I have made the preparations for building it.
• 1 Chronicles 29:1King David said to the entire assembly: “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is just an inexperienced young man, and the task is great, for this palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.
• 2 Chronicles 31:20This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the Lord his God considered good and right and faithful.
• 2 Chronicles 34:19When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes.
• Psalms 110:3Your people willingly follow you when you go into battle. On the holy hills at sunrise the dew of your youth belongs to you.
• 2 Corinthians 8:1Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia,
• Mark 15:42Now when evening had already come, since it was the day of preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath),
• Mark 16:1When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought aromatic spices so that they might go and anoint him.
• Luke 23:53Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock, where no one had yet been buried.
• Luke 24:1Now on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking the aromatic spices they had prepared.
• John 12:7So Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.
• John 19:32So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men who had been crucified with Jesus, first the one and then the other.

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