John 12:3
Douay-Rheims
Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of right spikenard, of great price, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
spikenard--or pure nard, a celebrated aromatic (Sol 1:12). anointed the feet of Jesus--and "poured it on His head" (Mat 26:7; Mar 14:3). The only use of this was to refresh and exhilarate--a grateful compliment in the East, amidst the closeness of a heated atmosphere, with many guests at a feast. Such was the form in which Mary's love to Christ, at so much cost to herself, poured itself out.
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1871 · John 12:3
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