Thematic Bible: Preparing the dead for burial
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Anointing » Was used for » Preparing the dead for burial
for her pouring this ointment on my body, is preparative to my burial.
When the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, after having bought aromatic drugs to embalm him,
then they went home, and provided spices and perfumes: after which they rested the sabbath-day, as the law appointed.