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Mark 14:8

Mark 14:8
She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

She hath done what she could,.... What she had in her heart, and in the power of her hands to do; she hath done according to her ability, and her good will; and if she had not done it now, she could…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Mark 14:1-11

See this passage explained in the notes at Mat. 26:1-16. Mar 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…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

To anoint my body to the burying - Εις τον ενταφιασμον, 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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Mark 14:1-11

We have here instances,

I. Of the kindness of Christ's friends, and the provision made of respect and honour for him. Some friends he had, even in and about Jerusalem, that loved him, and never…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

she is come aforehand The word thus rendered only occurs three times in the New Testament. (1) Here; (2) 1Co 11:21, "for in eating every one taketh before otherhis own supper;" (3) Gal 6:1, "if a man…