John 12:3

Mary . See App-100 .

pound . Greek. litra Latin. libra = about 12 oz. App-51 . Occurs only here and John 19:39 .

ointment . Greek. muron. Aromatic balSamaritan Pentateuch

spikenard. See note on Mark 14:3 .

anointed. Three anointings are recorded in the Gospels. The first, probably in Capernaum in the house of Simon the Pharisee ( Luk 7:36-60 ): a woman anointed His feet. The one here was the second, and again His feet were anointed. At the third, in the house of Simon the leper, a woman (unnamed) anointed His head. For the last two see App-156 and App-168 .

with = out of, or from. Greek. ek. App-104 .