Thematic Bible: Liberality of women


Thematic Bible




Then Mary taking a pound of genuine nard, very costly, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hairs. And the house was filled with the odor of the ointment. Verse ConceptsSweet OdoursFeetAnointing, Social CustomAnointing With OilGuestsHairsPerfumeSmellsAdoration, Of ChristAdmirationAnointed By PeopleExpensiveOther References To HairPure ThingsWeights Of Other ThingsHair


And Peter arose and came with them; and when he had come they led him into the upper room, and all the widows stood by weeping and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made while she was with them. Verse ConceptsClothBereavement, Experience OfStairwaysDressMournersWidowsClothing The NeedyOuter GarmentsInner GarmentsActual WidowsUpper RoomsMourning The Death Of Otherssisterhood

and certain women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, from whom went out seven demons, and Joanna the wife of Chusa, Herod's steward, and Susannah, and many others, who served them with their property.

And he saw also a certain poor widow cast in there two lepta [4 mills]. And he said, I tell you truly, that this poor widow has cast in more than all; for all these have cast among the gifts from their abundance; but she from her want has cast in all the living she had.