Mark 14:3

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And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.

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Interpretation

Did Christ pour out his soul to death for us, and shall we think any thing too precious for him? Do we give him the precious ointment of our best affections?

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This thought runs through Mark 14:3-7.

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Glossary

Bethany Place: House of dates. (1. ) The Revised Version in John 1:28 has this word instead of Bethabara, on the authority of the oldest manuscripts. It appears to have been the name of a place on the east of Jordan. Modern identification: Al Eizariya.