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Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying (Αφες αυτην, ινα εις την ημεραν του ενταφιασμου μου τηρηση αυτο). This reading…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Against the day of My burying has she kept this.—The majority of the better manuscripts read, “that she keep this against…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house wa…
Church Fathers
ChurchFathers
Alcuin of York: As the time approached in which our Lord had resolved to suffer, He approached the place He had chosen for Hi…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
Mary seems to have been the only one who was sensitive to the impending death of Jesus and who was willing to give a material expression of her est…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
Let her alone. When Christ bids them let Mary alone, He shows that they act improperly and unjustly who disturb their ne…
John Gill
JohnGill
Then said Jesus, let her alone Do not disturb her in what she does, or hinder her, or blame her for it:
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Christ had formerly blamed Martha for being troubled with much serving. But she did not stop serving, as some who, when criticized for going too fa…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
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After narrating the traitor’s indignation at the kindne shown by the woman, the Evangelist now shows how our Lord put a stop to it.
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson