Matthew 26:12
“For in that she hath powred this ointment on my body, shee did it for my buriall.”
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Matthew 26:12 Context
10When Iesus vnderstood it, he said vnto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good worke vpon me. 11For ye haue the poore alwayes with you, but me ye haue not alwayes. 12For in that she hath powred this ointment on my body, shee did it for my buriall. 13Uerely I say vnto you, Wheresoeuer this Gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memoriall of her. 14¶ Then one of the twelue, called Iudas Iscariot, went vnto the chiefe Priests,
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Other Translations for Matthew 26:12
For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did [it] for my burial.
- King James Version
"For when she poured this perfume on My body, she did it to prepare Me for burial.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For in that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For in putting this perfume on my body, she did it to make me ready for my last resting-place.
- Basic English Bible
For in pouring out this ointment on my body, she has done it for my burying.
- Darby Bible
For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
- Webster's Bible
In pouring this ointment over me, her object was to prepare me for burial.
- Weymouth Bible
For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
- World English Bible
This womman sendynge this oynement in to my bodi, dide to birie me.
- Wycliffe Bible
for she having put this ointment on my body -- for my burial she did [it].
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Matthew 26:12
26:12 She hath done it for my burial - As it were for the embalming of my body. Indeed this was not her design: but our Lord puts this construction upon it, to confirm thereby what he had before said to his disciples, concerning his approaching death.
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 26:12
Mt 26:12 For my burial. It was customary to anoint the dead and lay the body in spices. See Joh 19:40 Lu 23:56 2Ch 16:14. Mary was probably impelled only her love of the Lord and desire to do him honor; but Jesus, about to die and be buried, declares the anointing a fit preparation.