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Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULTFor she, putting this perfumed oil on my body, did it to prepare me for burial.
NETWhen she poured this oil on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
LSVfor she having put this ointment on My body—for My burial she did [it].
FBVBy pouring this perfume on my body she's prepared me for burial.
TCNTShe has put this ointment on my body to prepare me for burial.
T4TWhen she poured this perfume on my body, it was as if she knew that I am going to die soon. And it is as if she has anointed my body for being buried.
LEBFor when[fn] this woman poured this ointment on my body, she did it[fn] in order to prepare me for burial.
26:12*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“poured”) which is understood as temporal
26:12*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
BBEFor in putting this perfume on my body, she did it to make me ready for my last resting-place.
WymthIn pouring this ointment over me, her object was to prepare me for burial.
ASVFor in that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
DRAFor she in pouring this ointment upon my body, hath done it for my burial.
YLTfor she having put this ointment on my body — for my burial she did [it].
DrbyFor in pouring out this ointment on my body, she has done it for my burying.
RVFor in that she poured this ointment upon my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
WbstrFor in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
KJB-1769 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. ( For in that she hath/has poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.)
KJB-1611For in that she hath powred this ointment on my body, shee did it for my buriall. (For in that she hath/has poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.)
BshpsFor in that she hath cast this oyntment on my body, she dyd it to bury me. (For in that she hath/has cast this ointment on my body, she did it to bury me.)
GnvaFor in that shee powred this oyntment on my bodie, shee did it to burie me. (For in that she poured this ointment on my body, she did it to burie me. )
CvdlWhere as she hath poured this oyntmet vpon my body, she dyd it to bury me. (Where as she hath/has poured this oyntmet upon my body, she did it to bury me.)
TNTAnd in that she casted this oyntment on my bodye she dyd it to burye me with all. (And in that she casted this ointment on my bodye she did it to burye me with all. )
WycThis womman sendynge this oynement in to my bodi, dide to birie me. (This woman sendynge this ointment in to my body, did to birie me.)
LuthDaß sie dies Wasser hat auf meinen Leib gegossen, hat sie getan, daß man mich begraben wird. (That they/she/them this/these water has on my body gegossen, has they/she/them did, that man me buried wird.)
ClVgMittens enim hæc unguentum hoc in corpus meum, ad sepeliendum me fecit.[fn] (Mittens because these_things unguentum this in body mine, to sepeliendum me fecit. )
26.12Mittens enim. Officium est sepulturæ quod vos perditionem esse putatis. Nec mirum, si mihi dat fidei odorem, pro qua mox fusurus sum sanguinem.
26.12Mittens because. Officium it_is sepulturæ that you perditionem esse putatis. Nec mirum, when/but_if to_me dat of_faith odorem, for which mox fusurus I_am sanguinem.
UGNTβαλοῦσα γὰρ αὕτη τὸ μύρον τοῦτο ἐπὶ τοῦ σώματός μου, πρὸς τὸ ἐνταφιάσαι με ἐποίησεν. (balousa gar hautaʸ to muron touto epi tou sōmatos mou, pros to entafiasai me epoiaʸsen.)
SBL-GNTβαλοῦσα γὰρ αὕτη τὸ μύρον τοῦτο ἐπὶ τοῦ σώματός μου πρὸς τὸ ἐνταφιάσαι με ἐποίησεν. (balousa gar hautaʸ to muron touto epi tou sōmatos mou pros to entafiasai me epoiaʸsen.)
TC-GNTΒαλοῦσα γὰρ αὕτη τὸ μύρον τοῦτο ἐπὶ τοῦ σώματός μου, πρὸς τὸ ἐνταφιάσαι με ἐποίησεν. (Balousa gar hautaʸ to muron touto epi tou sōmatos mou, pros to entafiasai me epoiaʸsen. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).
26:12to prepare my body for burial: It is not clear whether the woman fully understood the significance of her actions. In addition to preparation for burial, the anointing also speaks of Jesus as king (1 Sam 10:1; 2 Kgs 9:6) and priest (Exod 29:7).
Here, the word For introduces a further explanation about why what the woman did was a “good work.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces further explanation, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: “In fact,” or “Further,”
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of burial, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “to prepare me to be buried”
On the Thursday before he was crucified, Jesus had arranged to share the Passover meal with his disciples in an upper room, traditionally thought to be located in the Essene Quarter of Jerusalem. After they finished the meal, they went to the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus often met with his disciples. There Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’ own disciples, betrayed him to soldiers sent from the High Priest, and they took Jesus to the High Priest’s residence. In the morning the leading priests and teachers of the law put Jesus on trial and found him guilty of blasphemy. The council sent Jesus to stand trial for treason before the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, who resided at the Praetorium while in Jerusalem. The Praetorium was likely located at the former residence of Herod the Great, who had died over 30 years earlier. When Pilate learned that Jesus was from Galilee, he sent him to Herod Antipas, who had jurisdiction over Galilee. But when Jesus gave no answer to Herod’s many questions, Herod and his soldiers sent him back to Pilate, who conceded to the people’s demands that Jesus be crucified. Jesus was forced to carry his cross out of the city gate to Golgotha, meaning Skull Hill, referring to what may have been a small unquarried hill in the middle of an old quarry just outside the gate. After Jesus was unable to carry his cross any further, a man named Simon from Cyrene was forced to carry it for him. There at Golgotha they crucified Jesus. After Jesus died, his body was hurriedly taken down before nightfall and placed in a newly cut, rock tomb owned by Joseph of Arimathea, a member of the Jewish high council. This tomb was likely located at the perimeter of the old quarry.
Bethany and Bethphage
Matthew 21:1-17; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-48; John 12:1-19; see also Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9
At the start of Passover one week before he was crucified, Jesus and his disciples traveled to Jerusalem, approaching the city from the east. When they arrived at the village of Bethphage, Jesus mounted a donkey and rode down the Mount of Olives as a humble king entering his capital city. Along the way, many people laid branches and cloaks in his path to welcome him. After Jesus entered the city, he immediately went up to the Temple and drove out the moneychangers and merchants there, and he healed the blind and the lame. Then he traveled nearly two miles outside the city to the village of Bethany to spend the night, which appears to have been where he typically lodged each night while visiting Jerusalem during the crowded Passover festival. Bethany is also where Jesus’ close friends Mary, Martha, and Lazarus lived. One evening while Jesus was there at a large dinner party given in his honor, Martha served the food, and Mary poured expensive perfume on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair.
