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Matthew 26:6 While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper, 7 a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.
8 When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked. 9 “This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.”
10 Aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 11 The poor you will always have with you,[a] but you will not always have me. 12 When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. 13 Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”
8 When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked. 9 “This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.”
10 Aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 11 The poor you will always have with you,[a] but you will not always have me. 12 When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. 13 Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”
Matthew 26:11 See Deut. 15:11
According to the commentaries this was anything but a waste.
Kings were anointed. Priests were anointed. Each of these would have been true in the case of Jesus, yet He claimed that she anointed Him for His burial.
"She probably did not know all that her action meant when she anointed her Lord for his burial. The consequences of the simplest action done for Christ may be much greater than we think She thus showed that there was, at least, one heart in the world that thought nothing was too good for her Lord, and that the best of the very best ought to be given to him."
"Mary's name now smells as sweet in all God's house as ever her ointment did; when Judas' name rots, and shall do to all posterity.
What Mary did was remarkable for its motive - a pure, loving heart. It was remarkable in that it was done for Jesus alone. And it was remarkable in that it was unusual and extraordinary.
"She probably did not know all that her action meant when she anointed her Lord for his burial. The consequences of the simplest action done for Christ may be much greater than we think She thus showed that there was, at least, one heart in the world that thought nothing was too good for her Lord, and that the best of the very best ought to be given to him."
"Mary's name now smells as sweet in all God's house as ever her ointment did; when Judas' name rots, and shall do to all posterity.
What Mary did was remarkable for its motive - a pure, loving heart. It was remarkable in that it was done for Jesus alone. And it was remarkable in that it was unusual and extraordinary.
The easy english commentary says this.
Jesus was called the Messiah, which means that God had chosen him for this special job. When God chose someone in Israel, their custom was to pour oil or perfume on that person’s head. God sent Samuel to do this for king David long ago (1 Samuel 16:1-13) and for other men. This was called ‘anointing’ a person. Nobody had ‘anointed’ Jesus during his life. This woman had shown by her action that he was the Messiah. Jesus said that she had ‘anointed’ his body. She had done this even before he died. Usually women ‘anointed’ a dead body by rubbing it with special perfumes. Some women wanted to do this for Jesus after he died. So they went to the place where the men had buried him. But they could not ‘anoint’ Jesus’ body because Jesus had already come back to life (Mark 16:1-6: Luke 24:1-3).
Jesus knew that Christians would tell the good news about him everywhere in the world. What the woman had done for him was part of the good news. She had shown that Jesus was the Messiah. He was a king who would die. People would always remember her action. They would remember how much she loved Jesus.
Jesus knew that Christians would tell the good news about him everywhere in the world. What the woman had done for him was part of the good news. She had shown that Jesus was the Messiah. He was a king who would die. People would always remember her action. They would remember how much she loved Jesus.
According to the GodVine commentary, this was one of two anointings.
Some think that the woman mentioned here was Mary, the sister of Lazarus; others Mary Magdalene; but against the former opinion it is argued that it is not likely, had this been Mary the sister of Lazarus, that Matthew and Mark would have suppressed her name. Besides, say they, we should not confound the repast which is mentioned here, with that mentioned by John, John 12:3. This one was made only two days before the passover, and that one six days before: the one was made at the house of Simon the leper, the other at the house of Lazarus, John 12:1, John 12:2. At this, the woman poured the oil on the head of Christ; at the other, Mary anointed Christ's feet with it.
Jesus knew what was going to happen.
