Matthew 26:12 Parallel Translations
NASB: "For when she poured this perfume on My body, she did it to prepare Me for burial. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: She poured this perfume on my body before it is placed in a tomb.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
ASV: For in that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
BBE: For in putting this perfume on my body, she did it to make me ready for my last resting-place.
DBY: For in pouring out this ointment on my body, she has done it for my burying.
ERV: For in that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
WEY: In pouring this ointment over me, her object was to prepare me for burial.
WBS: For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
WEB: For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
YLT: for she having put this ointment on my body -- for my burial she did it.
Matthew 26:12 Cross References
XREF:John 19:40 So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen wrappings with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 26:12 For {f} in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did [it] for my burial.
(f) In that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to bury me.
PNT: 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.
WES: 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.
MHC: 26:6-13 The pouring ointment upon the head of Christ was a token of the highest respect. Where there is true love in the heart to Jesus Christ, nothing will be thought too good to bestow upon him. The more Christ's servants and their services are cavilled at, the more he manifests his acceptance. This act of faith and love was so remarkable, that it would be reported, as a memorial of Mary's faith and love, to all future ages, and in all places where the gospel should be preached. This prophecy is fulfilled.
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