Thematic Bible: Preparing the dead for burial
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Anointing » Was used for » Preparing the dead for burial
In pouring this perfume on my body, she has done it for my burying.
When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought some spices, so that they might go and anoint the body of Jesus.
And then went home, and prepared spices and perfumes. During the Sabbath they rested, as directed by the commandment