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# Connecting Statement:
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Though some were angry that the oil was used to anoint Jesus, Jesus says that the woman has anointed his body for burial before he will die.
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# Simon the leper
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This man previously had leprosy but was no longer ill. This is a different man than Simon Peter and Simon the Zealot. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
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# he was reclining at the table
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In Jesus's culture, when people gathered to eat, they reclined on their sides, propping themselves up on pillows beside a low table.
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# alabaster jar
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This is a jar made from alabaster. Alabaster is a very expensive yellow-white stone. Alternate translation: "beautiful white stone jar" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-unknown]])
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# of very costly liquid, which was pure nard
"that contained expensive, fragrant perfume called nard." Nard is a very expensive, sweet-smelling oil used to make perfume. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-unknown]])
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# on his head
"on Jesus's head"
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