Mat 26:12-13 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 12. She did it for my burial. ] Or, She hath done it to embalm me -ενταφιασαιμε. The Septuagint use ενταφιαστης for the person whose office it was to embalm , , and ενταφιαζω for the Hebrew which signifies to prepare with spices , or aromatics , . Our Lord took this opportunity to tell them, once more, that he was shortly to die.

‏ Matthew 26:12-13

Verse 12. She did it for my burial.] Or, She hath done it to embalm me-ενταφιασαιμε. The Septuagint use ενταφιαστης for the person whose office it was to embalm, Ge 50:2, and ενταφιαζω for the Hebrew which signifies to prepare with spices, or aromatics, Ge 50:3. Our Lord took this opportunity to tell them, once more, that he was shortly to die.

Verse 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 transaction to be carefully recorded, to preserve her memory to the latest ages. The actions which the world blames, through the spirit of envy, covetousness, or malice, God takes delight to distinguish and record.