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Matthew 26:12

For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.

KJV

βαλοῦσα γὰρ αὕτη τὸ μύρον τοῦτο ἐπὶ τοῦ σώματός μου πρὸς τὸ ἐνταφιάσαι με ἐποίησεν.

Greek NT

Mittens enim hæc unguentum hoc in corpus meum, ad sepeliendum me fecit.

Vulgate

For in that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

ASV

For she in pouring this ointment on my body hath done it for my burial.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βάλλω
ballo
verb · 125×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
μύρον
muron
noun · 14×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
σῶμα
soma
noun · 141×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐνταφιάζω
entaphiazo
verb · 2×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 16:14 — And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apo
  • Gen 50:2 — And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
  • John 12:7 — Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
  • John 12:7 — Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
  • Luke 23:56 — And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
  • Mark 14:8 — She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
  • Mark 14:9 — Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
  • Mark 16:1 — And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.