Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Anointing » Of the body
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Ointment » Not sacred
Jesus was in Bethany, at the house of Simon the leper, and as he was at table, a woman came in, with an alabaster flask of pure nard perfume, very expensive; she broke the flask and poured the perfume on his head. But there were some who said indignantly to themselves, "What was the use of wasting the perfume like that? It might have been sold for more than sixty dollars, and the money have been given to the poor."
And Mary took a pound of choice perfume, very costly, and poured it on Jesus' feet, and then wiped his feet with her hair, and the whole house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, who was going to betray him, said, "Why was this perfume not sold for sixty dollars, and the money given to the poor?"
Preciousness of Christ » On account of his » Name
showing himself to be as much greater than the angels as his title is superior to theirs.
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Woman » Illustrative » (chaste and holy,) of saints
They are the men who have not been defiled by relations with women; they are celibates. It is they who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been ransomed from among men as the first-fruits for God and the Lamb,
Verse Concepts
I feel a divine jealousy about you, for I betrothed you to Christ, to present you as a pure bride to her one husband.
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