Matthew 26:7
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Matthew 26:7 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Matthew 26:7 is a verse from the book of Matthew in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at m..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Matthew 26:7 — KJV
“There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.”
— Matthew 26:7 (KJV)
Matthew 26:7 in Context — About the Book of Matthew
Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — Israel's Messiah who fulfils the prophets line by line. It preserves the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord's Prayer, and the Great Commission. Five great teaching blocks make it the church's first discipleship manual.
Cross-References for Matthew 26:7
“And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. spikenard: or, pure nard, or, liquid nard”
Shares key themes with Matthew 26:7: came, woman, having
“And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,”
Shares key themes with Matthew 26:7: woman, alabaster, box
“And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 26:7: came, woman, very
“Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:”
Shares key themes with Matthew 26:7: came, woman, very
“And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 26:7: came, woman, sat
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