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 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, “Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for Me. 7For you have the poor with you always, and whenever you wish you may do them good; but Me you do not have always. She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint My body for burial. 9Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her.” 10Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests 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 brethren 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 had made preparations to build it.
• 1 Chronicles 29:1Furthermore King David said to all the assembly: “My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is young and inexperienced; and the work is great, because the temple is not 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 true before the Lord his God.
• 2 Chronicles 34:19Thus it happened, when the king heard the words of the Law, that he tore his clothes.
• Psalms 110:3Your people shall be volunteers In the day of Your power; In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning, You have the dew of Your youth.
• 2 Corinthians 8:1Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia:
• Mark 15:42Now when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
• Mark 16:1Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him.
• Luke 23:53Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a tomb that was hewn out of the rock, where no one had ever lain before.
• Luke 24:1Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain other women with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared.
• John 12:7But Jesus said, “Let her alone; she has kept this for the day of My burial.
• John 19:32Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was 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