Matthew 26:12
Matthew · New Testament · Chapter 26
“For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.”Matthew 26:12
What Does Matthew 26:12 Mean?
Matthew 26:12 is found in the book of Matthew, chapter 26, verse 12 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 10 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (10)
These passages are connected to Matthew 26:12 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Mark 14:9“Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.”John 12:7“Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.”Mark 14:8“She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.”Genesis 50:2“And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.”2 Chronicles 16:14“And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.”Mark 16:1“And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.”Luke 23:56“And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.”Song of Solomon 4:16“Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.”John 19:39“And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.”John 19:40“Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.”
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