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1richardbsmith
John 12:1-8
Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him.
Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said, "Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?" (He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it.)
Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She bought it so that she might keep it for the day of my burial. You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me."
Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him.
Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said, "Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?" (He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it.)
Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She bought it so that she might keep it for the day of my burial. You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me."
2skoobdo
I believes it is an act of ritual as "almsgiving" before
burial.
Is there any significance to this passage of scriptures.
- ".... but you do not always have me." - anyone,
to comment on this words.
burial.
Is there any significance to this passage of scriptures.
- ".... but you do not always have me." - anyone,
to comment on this words.
3richardbsmith
"but you do not always have me"
skoobdo,
That last verse does not seem to me to mean anything more than to present that Jesus knew in advance he was to be executed, soon.
It seems to speak to a more nuanced understanding than that, but I do not think there is anything intended beyond the plain meaning.
skoobdo,
That last verse does not seem to me to mean anything more than to present that Jesus knew in advance he was to be executed, soon.
It seems to speak to a more nuanced understanding than that, but I do not think there is anything intended beyond the plain meaning.
4skoobdo
The scripture passage @ msg 1 amplified Mary's love and devotion towards Jesus to anoint His feet with an expensive perfume and wiped them with her hair signified that love surpassed extravagance .
5richardbsmith
It can be understood in that way, but I do not think the act itself intended symbol significance.
It seems simply the outpouring of an emotion response, probably at her understanding that Jesus was approaching his death.
Jesus accepts her act in the simple earnestness it was offered, rather than correct her that it was an unnecessary waste of money.
How does this instance compare with other accounts of similar anointings?
It seems simply the outpouring of an emotion response, probably at her understanding that Jesus was approaching his death.
Jesus accepts her act in the simple earnestness it was offered, rather than correct her that it was an unnecessary waste of money.
How does this instance compare with other accounts of similar anointings?
