Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard very costly,.... Worth three hundred pence, according to Judas's estimation of it. This Mary was the other sister of Lazarus; See Gill on "Mt 26:7",See Gill on "Mr 14:3", concerning the nature and value of this ointment:and anointed the feet of Jesus; as he lay upon the bed or couch, at supper:and wiped his feet with her hair; See Gill on "Lu 7:38".
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John 12:3
John 12:3
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