. Notes on the Gospel of Mark; explanatory and practical. A popular commentary upon a critical basis, especially designed for pastors and Sunday-schools. Also a year in Mark, designed as a special study for bible-classes. s orcosmetics. The general shuiie of theseboxes or vases was large at the bottom,with a lorn;-, narrow neck. It was pro-bably the iieek of a flask which thewonian broke, or eruKhed, an act ex-pressive of her feelings that she woulddevote it all to her Lord, reserving no-thing for herself. Ointment ofspikenard, of pave sjiih-enanl <<f thelinest quality ; an aromatic oil
. Notes on the Gospel of Mark; explanatory and practical. A popular commentary upon a critical basis, especially designed for pastors and Sunday-schools. Also a year in Mark, designed as a special study for bible-classes. s orcosmetics. The general shuiie of theseboxes or vases was large at the bottom,with a lorn;-, narrow neck. It was pro-bably the iieek of a flask which thewonian broke, or eruKhed, an act ex-pressive of her feelings that she woulddevote it all to her Lord, reserving no-thing for herself. Ointment ofspikenard, of pave sjiih-enanl <<f thelinest quality ; an aromatic oil or oint-ment, probably produced from the jata-niaiifoe plant in India, and is still veryhighly valued. The quantity was a 260 IMARK XIV. 30. 4 his head. And there were some that had indigna-tion within themselves, and said, Why was this 5 waste of the ointment made ? For it might liavebeen sold for more than three hundred s pence, andhave been given to the poor. And they murmured 6 against her. And Jesus said, Let her alone; Avhytrouble ye her ? She hath wrought a good work on 8 Mt. 18. 28 ; ; Phil. 2. 14. pound, John 13 : .3. Very costly. Poured it ou his head. A distiuctiou confeired on. CKTJSES XSJ) VASES. gnests of honor, Luke 7 : 46. Johnsays she an(jiiited his feet. She anoint-ed both his liead and feet, which wasthe very hight^st lienor. There is nocontratlictioii, but only variety of state-ment between the evangelists. Mat-thew and Mark notice only the tirstact,anointing the head ; John dwells uponthe final and longest, and on her partthe most humble and devoted act, tlieanointing the feet and wiping themwith lur hair. See on ver. 8. 4. There Avere some. Matthewsays, The disciples; but John,pointing out the leader and instigator,says, One of his disciples, JudasIscariot. We have here a beautifulillustration of the independent andtruthful statements of the three evan-gelists. The three accounts taken to-gether are lifelike. The suggestion ofJnda
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