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Matthew 26:6-8
Lexham English Bible
Matthew 26:6-8
Lexham English Bible
Jesus’ Anointing at Bethany
6 Now while[a] Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, 7 a woman came up to him holding an alabaster flask of very expensive perfumed oil, and poured it[b] out on his head while he[c] was reclining at table. 8 And when[d] the disciples saw it[e] they were indignant, saying, “Why[f] this waste?
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- Matthew 26:6 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)
- Matthew 26:7 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Matthew 26:7 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was reclining at table”)
- Matthew 26:8 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
- Matthew 26:8 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Matthew 26:8 Literally “for what” reason
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