Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 14:8
8. She hath done what she could—a noble testimony, embodying a principle of immense importance. she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying—or, as in John ( :-), "Against the day of my burying hath she kept this." Not that she, dear heart, thought of His burial, much less reserved any of her nard to anoint her dead Lord. But as the time was so near at hand when that office would have to be performed, and she was not to have that privilege even after the spices were brought for the... read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 14:7
7. For ye have the poor with you always—referring to Deuteronomy 15:11. and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always—a gentle hint of His approaching departure, by One who knew the worth of His own presence. read more