What do you guys think of this:

Mark 14:

3 (4) While He was in (5) Bethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster vial of very (6) costly perfume of pure nard; and she broke the vial and poured it over His head. 4 But some were indignantly remarking to one another, "Why has this perfume been wasted? 5 "For this perfume might have been sold for over three hundred [1] denarii, and the money given to the poor." And they were scolding her. 6 But Jesus said, "Let her alone; why do you bother her? She has done a good deed to Me. 7 "For you always have (7) the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them; but you do not always have Me. 8 "She has done what she could; (8) she has anointed My body beforehand for the burial. 9 "Truly I say to you, (9) wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her."

Do we keep this lady in our memory?

In Christ.

-- Jake Huether (jake_huether@yahoo.com), December 13, 2002

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-- Jake Huether (jake_huether@yahoo.com), December 13, 2002.

Thanks for the post, Jake.

You are absolutely right about Jesus prophecy that this woman would become famous. Her name is not mentioned here but John implies it was Mary of Bethany.See John 12:1-8. Whoever she was, she has been an inspiration to all of us, that if we repent from our sins, we get not only forgiveness, but a place in the history of God's people.

Jesus was, besides being the Christ = Messiah = mashiach =anointed, also a great prophet. He also prophesied Peter's denial, his crucifixion, the destruction of Jerusalem (Ad 70), the destruction of the temple and the stopping of animal sacrifice at that place. But most of us remember the woman who anointed Jesus body.

-- Elpidio gonzalez (egonzalez@srla.org), December 13, 2002.