Mark 14:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 14:1-11

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 26:1-16.Mark 14:1And of unleavened bread - So called because at that feast no other bread was used but that which had been made without leaven or yeast.By craft - By subtlety (Matthew); that is, by some secret plan that would secure possession of him without exciting the opposition of the people.Mark 14:3Ointment - This word does not convey quite the proper meaning. This was a perfume. It was used only to give a pleasant odor, and was liquid.Of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 14:1-9

Mark 14:1-9. After two days was the feast of the passover For an explanation of these verses, see the notes on Matthew 26:1-13. Of ointment of spike-nard, very precious “Either the word πιστικη ,” says Dr. Whitby, “answers to the Syriac, pisthaca, and then it may be rendered, nardus spicata, ointment made of the spikes of nard; or, if it be of a Greek original, I think Theophylact well renders it πιστικη η αδολος και μετα πιστεως κατασκευασθεισα , that is, nard unadulterated and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 14:1-11

138. The plot to capture Jesus (Matthew 26:1-16; Mark 14:1-11; Luke 22:1-6)The Passover was only two days away, and Jesus knew its significance in relation to his coming death. Israelites kept the Feast of Passover and Unleavened Bread as an annual week-long festival in commemoration of ancient Israel’s deliverance from Egypt. God ‘passed over’ those houses where a lamb had been sacrificed in the place of those under judgment (Exodus 12:1-13). The people then escaped from bondage. For the next... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 14:3

And being . Parallel with Matthew 26:6-13 . in. Greek. en . App-104 . Not the same word as inw Mar 20:60 , Mar 20:62 . the house, &c. Not therefore the first supper (John 12:1 , &c.), as that was in the house of Lazarus, six days before the Passover. See App-156 and App-159 . the leper . Note the Figure of speech Ampliatio ( App-6 ), by which Simon still retained the name describing what he had once been. a woman. Not Mary; the second occasion being quite different. See App-158 .... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 14:3

And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster cruse of ointment of pure nard very costly: and she brake the cruse and poured it over his head.JESUS WAS ANOINTED FOR HIS BURIALThis is a second anointing of Jesus, the other being recorded in Luke 7:37-50; but "it is absurd to represent the two anointings as the same."[1] Simon, a leper had been healed by Jesus; but he retained the name to distinguish him from other Simons,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 14:3

Mark 14:3. Ointment, &c.— Balsam of spikenard, which was very costly; and she broke open the box, or vessel, &c. See Blackwall's Sac. Classics, vol. 2: p. 166. The spikenard,— πιστικης ναρδου, pure and unadulterated spikenard, was esteemed a very valuable aromatic. Sir Norton Knatchbull, Dr. Hammond, and others maintain, that συντριψασα does not signify that she brake the vessel, but only that she shook it, so as to break the coagulative parts of the rich balsam, and bring it to such a... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 14:3

3. And being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman—It was "Mary," as we learn from :-. having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard—pure nard, a celebrated aromatic—(See Song of Solomon 1:12). very precious—"very costly" (John 12:3). and she brake the box, and poured it on his head—"and anointed," adds John (John 12:3- :), "the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment." The only use... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 14:1-11

1. Jesus’ sufferings because of betrayal 14:1-11This is another section of the Gospel that has a chiastic or "sandwich" structure (cf. Mark 3:20-35; Mark 5:21-43; Mark 6:7-31; Mark 11:12-26; Mark 14:27-52). Mark’s account of the conspiracy to kill Jesus (Mark 14:1-2; Mark 14:10-11) surrounds Jesus’ anointing in Bethany (Mark 14:3-9). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 14:1-52

A. The Servant’s anticipation of suffering 14:1-52Several themes peak in this section. Here we have the clearest evidence that Jesus was the Messiah and the Son of God (cf. Mark 1:1; Mark 8:29). Here, too, Jesus’ conflict with the religious leaders, His foes, came to a head (cf. Mark 3:1; Mark 3:6; Mark 11:18; Mark 12:12). The ignorance and selfishness of Jesus’ disciples, His friends, also peaked (cf. Mark 3:19; Mark 6:1-6; Mark 8:31 to Mark 10:52). Finally, the Servant’s ministry climaxed in... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 14:3

For thematic reasons Matthew and Mark both placed this event within the story of the hostility of Jesus’ enemies. It is apparently out of chronological order (cf. John 12:1). This rearrangement of the material highlighted the contrast between the hatred of unbelievers and the love of believers for Jesus. The incident probably occurred the previous Saturday evening. [Note: Hoehner, Chronological Aspects . . ., p. 91.] John added that the woman was Mary, the sister of Lazarus and Martha, and that... read more

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