Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.

Bible References

Being

Matthew 26:6
Now when Jesus was [back] in Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper,
John 11:2
It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
John 12:1
Six days before the Passover, Jesus went to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom He had raised from the dead.

Of ointment

Song of Songs 4:13

“Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates,
[A paradise] with precious fruits, henna with fragrant plants,
Song of Songs 5:5

“I arose to open for my beloved;
And my hands dripped with myrrh,
And my fingers with liquid [sweet-scented] myrrh,
On the handles of the bolt.
Luke 7:37
Now there was a woman in the city who was [known as] a sinner; and when she found out that He was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster vial of perfume;