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Augustine of Hippo — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Mark 14:3-9

Patristic A.D. 430
Augustine of Hippo · A.D. 354–430
“(de Con. Evan. ii. 78) It may appear to be a contradiction, that Matthew and Mark after mentioning two days and the Passover, (John 12:1) add afterwards that Jesus was in Bethany, where that precious ointment is mentioned; whilst John, just before he speaks of the anointing, says, that Jesus came into Bethany six days before the feast. But those persons who are troubled by this, are not aware that Matthew and Mark do not place that anointing in Bethany immediately after that two days of which he foretold, but by way of recapitulation at the time when there were yet six days to the Passover.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Mark, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Mark 14:3-9 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1842) ↗

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