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- Chapter 26
- Verse 7
Matthew 26:7
There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
There came unto him a woman,.... By some thought to be the same that is spoken of in Luk 7:37, and by most, to be Mary, the sister of Lazarus, Joh 12:3, which may be true; for it is possible that one…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment "Then took Mary a pound of ointment, very costly" (John). "Ointment of spikenard, very precious" (Mark). The "alabaster box" was "a flask of…
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