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Jesus Anointed at Bethany

Mark 14:8

In 9 translations

BSB
She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial.
KJV
She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
WEB
She has done what she could. She has anointed my body beforehand for the burying.
ASV
She hath done what she could; she hath anointed my body beforehand for the burying.
LSV
she did what she could, she anticipated to anoint My body for the embalming.
YLT
what she could she did, she anticipated to anoint my body for the embalming.
DBY
What she could she has done. She has beforehand anointed my body for the burial.
DRC
She hath done what she could: she is come beforehand to anoint my body for burial.
GNV
She hath done that she coulde: she came afore hand to anoynt my body to the burying.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read ἔσχεν (“she had”); Textus Receptus read εἶχεν (“was having”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include αὕτη (“this”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place μου elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: ἔσχεν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἔσχεν; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont add αὕτη.
  • SBLGNT: τὸ σῶμά μου. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τὸ σῶμά μου; Robinson–Pierpont read μου τὸ σῶμα.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὃ ἔσχεν ἐποίησεν, προέλαβεν μυρίσαι τὸ σῶμά μου εἰς τὸν ἐνταφιασμόν.
RP2018
Ὃ ἔσχεν αὕτη ἐποίησεν· προέλαβεν μυρίσαι μου τὸ σῶμα εἰς τὸν ἐνταφιασμόν.
TR-Boyd
Ὃ εἶχεν αὕτη ἐποίησε· προέλαβε μυρίσαι μου τὸ σῶμα εἰς τὸν ἐνταφιασμόν.
SCR1894
ο ειχεν αυτη εποιησεν προελαβεν μυρισαι μου το σωμα εις τον ενταφιασμον

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Corinthians 8:12For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
  • John 12:7“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.
  • 2 Corinthians 8:1–3Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia. In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity. For I testify…
  • Mark 15:42–16:1Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath), Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to…
  • 2 Chronicles 31:20–21So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God. He was diligent in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the…
  • Luke 23:53–24:3Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid. It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning. The women who had come with Jesus…
  • 1 Chronicles 29:1–17Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God. Now with all my ability…
  • 2 Chronicles 34:19–33When the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes and commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king: “Go and inquire of the LORD for me…
  • 1 Chronicles 28:2–3Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had…
  • John 19:32–42So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and those of the other. But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. Instead,…
  • Psalms 110:3Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.

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