Episodes
- The Plot to Kill Jesus (Mark 14:1–2; parallels Matt 26:1–5; Luke 22:1–2)
- An Unnamed Woman Anoints Jesus (Mark 14:3–9; Matt 26:6–13)
- Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus (Matt 26:14–16; parallels Mark 14:10–11; Luke 22:3–6)
Conspiracy and an Anointing: Mark 14:1‒11
See the discussion in Greater Love Hath No Man, 90–98.
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| James Tissot, "Conspiracy of the Jews" |
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14 |
1Now when the Passover and the
Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, the chief priests and the experts
at the law began to deliberate how they could take him by cunning and put him
to death, 2for they said, “Not during the festival so that there will
not be a commotion among the people.”
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| J. Kirk Richards, "Alabaster Box" |
3While he was in Bethany in the
house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at the dinner table, a woman who
had an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment of pure nard came in. After
breaking the flask, she poured it on his head. 4There were some who
began to complain indignantly to each other, saying, “Why has this ointment
been wasted? 5For this ointment could have been sold for over three
hundred denarii and given to the poor.” And they scolded her. 6But
Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you distressing her? She has done a fine
thing for me. 7For you always have the poor with you, and whenever
you want, you can do something good for them, but you do not always have me. 8She
has done what she could: she has anointed my body ahead of time for its burial.
9Truly, I say to you, wherever the good news is proclaimed
throughout the whole world, this also which she has done will be recounted in
her memory.”
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| Giotto, "Payment of Judas" |
10Then Judas Iscariot, one of the
Twelve, went to the chief priests to hand him over. 11When they
heard this, they were delighted and promised to give him money. So he began to
look for a convenient opportunity to hand him over.
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