John 12:3 — Then Mary took a pound of very expensive perfume of pure nard, and she poured i… — AMP | maBible
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3 Then Mary took a pound of very expensive perfume of pure nard, and she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
Passage themes
Mary of Bethany — Then took Mary
A precious perfume — a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly
The anointing gesture — anointed the feet of Jesus
The spreading fragrance — the house was filled with the odour of the ointment
Notes and references
There were two anointings of Jesus. This one in Bethany by Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus (Matt 26:7; Mark 14:3), and the other in the area of Galilee by an unnamed woman (Luke 7:37, 38).
This was a thick, scented oil obtained from the root of a flowering plant grown in the Himalayas of Tibet and in the northern regions of India and Nepal.
About this book
Author: Jean · Written: Entre 80 et 110 ap. J.-C. · Reading time: 2h40 · Characters: Marie, Philippe, Marie de Magdala, Jean-Baptiste, Marthe de Béthanie, Pierre, Jean, fils de Zébédée, Marie de Béthanie, Thomas, La femme samaritaine, Nicodème, Lazare, Judas