Matthew 26:7
There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
KJV
προσῆλθεν αὐτῷ γυνὴ ἔχουσα ἀλάβαστρον μύρου πολυτίμου καὶ κατέχεεν ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ ἀνακειμένου.
Greek NT
accessit ad eum mulier habens alabastrum unguenti pretiosi, et effudit super caput ipsius recumbentis.
Vulgate
there came unto him a woman having an alabaster cruse of exceeding precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head, as he sat at meat.
ASV
There came to him a woman having an alabaster box of precious ointment and poured it on his head as he was at table.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἔχουσα ἀλάβαστρον μύρου — SBLGNT
- ἔχουσα ἀλάβαστρον μύρου — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἀλάβαστρον μύρου ἔχουσα — Robinson-Pierpont
- τῆς κεφαλῆς — SBLGNT
- τῆς κεφαλῆς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- τὴν κεφαλὴν — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Many men, when they see any of those who are pleasing to God suffering anything terrible, as, for instance, having fallen into sickness, or poverty, and any other the like, are offended, not knowing that to those especially dear to God it belongs to endure these things; since Lazarus also was one of the friends of Christ, and was sick. This at least they who sent said, Behol…
Cross-references
- Eccl 9:8 — Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
- Exod 30:23 — Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekel
- Isa 57:9 — And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.
- John 12:2 — There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
- Luke 7:37 — And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
- Luke 7:46 — My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
- Ps 133:2 — It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
- Song 1:3 — Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.