Matthew 26:8-17 ASV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:12

She did it for my burial - Or, She hath done it to embalm me - ενταφιασαι με . The Septuagint use ενταφιαϚης for the person whose office it was to embalm, Genesis 50:2 , and ενταφιαζω for the Hebrew הנט which signifies to prepare with spices, or aromatics, Genesis 50:3 . Our Lord took this opportunity to tell them, once more, that he was shortly to die. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:13

Wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached - Another remarkable proof of the prescience of Christ. Such a matter as this, humanly speaking, depended on mere fortuitous circumstances, yet so has God disposed matters, that the thing has continued, hitherto, as firm and regular as the ordinances of heaven. For a memorial of her - As embalming preserves the body from corruption, and she has done this good work to embalm and preserve this body, so will I order every thing concerning this... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:14

Then - Judas - After this supper at Bethany, Judas returned to Jerusalem, and made his contract with the chief priests. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:15

Thirty pieces of silver - Τριακοντα αργυρια , thirty silverlings; but στατηρας , staters, is the reading of the Codex Bezae, three copies of the Itala, Eusebius, and Origen sometimes; and στατηρας αργυριου , silver staters, is the reading of the famous Basil MS. No. 1, in Griesbach, and one copy of the Itala. A stater was the same as the shekel, and worth about 3s. English money, according to Dean Prideaux: a goodly price for the Savior of the world! Thirty staters, about 4l. 10s.... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:16

He sought opportunity - Ευκαιριαν , a convenient or fit opportunity. Men seldom leave a crime imperfect: when once sin is conceived, it meets, in general, with few obstacles, till it brings forth death. How deceitful, how deeply damning, is the love of money! Well might a heathen exclaim, while contemplating the grave of a person who was murdered for the sake of his wealth: - - Quid non mortalia pectora cogis Auri Sacra Fames? Virg. Aen. iii. 56 read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:17

Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread - As the feast of unleavened bread did not begin till the day after the passover, the fifteenth day of the month, Leviticus 23:5 , Leviticus 23:6 ; Numbers 28:16 , Numbers 28:17 , this could not have been, properly, the first day of that feast; but as the Jews began to eat unleavened bread on the fourteenth, Exodus 12:18 , this day was often termed the first of unleavened bread. The evangelists use it in this sense, and call even... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:8

Verse 8 8.And when the disciples saw it. This also is not unusual with the Evangelists, when a thing has been done by one, to attribute it to many persons, if they give their consent to it. John says that the murmur proceeded from Judeas, who betrayed Christ, (John 12:4.) Matthew and Mark include all the disciples along with him. The reason is, that none of the others would ever have dared tomurmur if the wicked slander of Judas had not served for a torch to kindle them. But when he began,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:10

Verse 10 10.Why do you trouble the woman? It is wonderful that Christ, whose whole life was a rule and pattern of temperance and frugality, now approves of immoderate expense, which appears to have been closely allied to luxury and superfluous indulgence. But we must observe the kind of defense which he employs; for he does not maintain that the woman did right, in such a manner as if he wished that the same thing should be done every day, but maintains that what she had done in a single... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:11

Verse 11 11.For you have the poor always with you. Christ does not simply defend the anointing, so that we may imitate it, but assures us that it pleases God on some particular account. This must be carefully weighed, that we may not fall into the error of contriving expensive modes of worshipping God, as the Papists do; for, hearing it said that Christ was pleased with being anointed by Mary, they supposed that he took delight in incense, wax-tapers, splendid decorations, and pompous... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:12

Verse 12 12She hath done it to bury me. By these words Christ confirms what we have said, that the precious ointment was not valued by him on account of its odor, but solely in reference to his burial. It was because he wished to testify by this symbol, that his grave would yield a sweet odor, as it breathed life and salvation through the whole world. Accordingly, we are told by John (John 12:7) that Christ praised Mary for having reserved that anointing till the day of his burial. But since... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 26:12

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