The Last Supper
By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial. Matthew 26:12 · Berean Standard Bible
Jesus reveals the deeper meaning: by pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.
The woman may not have fully understood what she was doing, but Jesus did. Her act of love was preparing Him for what was just days away.
Jesus speaks with quiet gravity, connecting her gesture to His approaching death.
She acted out of love; He saw prophecy. Sometimes your heart knows what your mind has not yet grasped.
Jesus interprets the anointing as a preparation for His burial (entaphiasai), revealing prophetic significance the woman may not have consciously intended.
Burial anointing was a crucial act of respect in Jewish culture. Jesus declares this woman has performed it in advance, foreshadowing His death within days.
Jesus provides the theological interpretation of the woman's act.
What appeared to be lavish devotion turns out to be prophetic preparation — she anoints for burial the One who will soon give His life for the world.
10Aware of this, Jesus asked, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.
11The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.
12By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.
13Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
14Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
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