To prepare me for burial (προς το ενταφιασα με). Mary alone had understood what Jesus had repeatedly said about his approaching de…

She did it for my burial. It is not to be supposed that Mary understood clearly that he was then about to die, for the apostles, …

She did it for my burial — The words must have fallen with a strange sadness on the ears of the disciples and the other guests. Th…

She probably did not know all that her action meant when she anointed her Lord for his burial. We often do much more than we think we do. The conse…

Glossa Ordinaria: Having presented the counsels of the Jewish leaders concerning the death of Christ, the Evangelist proceeds …

The anointing does not designate Jesus as Messiah but “prepares” him for his burial after dying the death of a criminal, for only in that circumsta…

She has done it to bury me. By these words Christ confirms what we have said, that the precious ointment was not valued by him on…

For in that she has poured this ointment
Which was so very precious, and cost so much,

upon my body :