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Johannes 12:7

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7 Da sprach Jesus: Erlaube ihr, es auf den Tag meines Begräbnisses aufbewahrt zu haben;

Johannes 12:7 Meaning and Commentary

John 12:7

Then said Jesus, let her alone
Do not disturb her in what she does, or hinder her, or blame her for it:

against the day of my burial hath she kept this;
this ointment, which she now poured on Christ; it was usual to embalm the dead with ointments and spices: Christ suggests, that the time of his death and burial were nigh, and that this woman had kept this ointment till now, for such a purpose; and whereas she would not be able to make use of it at the time of his interment, she had embalmed his body with it now, beforehand; though without any knowledge of his death, or any such intention and design in her, but the Holy Ghost so directing her: for this is not to be understood of her keeping any part of it till that time, which it does not appear she did.

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Johannes 12:7 In-Context

5 Warum ist diese Salbe nicht für dreihundert Denare verkauft und den Armen gegeben worden?
6 Er sagte dies aber, nicht weil er für die Armen besorgt war, sondern weil er ein Dieb war und die Kasse hatte und trug, was eingelegt wurde.
7 Da sprach Jesus: Erlaube ihr, es auf den Tag meines Begräbnisses aufbewahrt zu haben;
8 denn die Armen habt ihr allezeit bei euch, mich aber habt ihr nicht allezeit.
9 Eine große Volksmenge aus den Juden erfuhr nun, daß er daselbst sei; und sie kamen, nicht um Jesu willen allein, sondern damit sie auch den Lazarus sähen, welchen er aus den Toten auferweckt hatte.
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