March 29
“She brake the box, and poured it on His head” (Mark 14:3).
For the seventh visit, let us turn to Matthew 26 and Mark 14:1-9. In Matthew 26:2 it says,
after two days was the Passover, and the ointment was poured on His head. In John 12:1 we
read that six days before Passover He came to Bethany. In Matthew 26:2, our Lord said again
to His disciples that the time had come for Him to suffer, to be reviled, to be killed and to rise
again. Even though He said this a number of times, yet His disciples could not understand or
believe what He was saying.
In contrast the women believed what He said. While all those disciples could not understand
what our Lord was saying so clearly, Mary understood! (Matt. 26:2,12). She just came to
prepare Him for His burial (John 12:7). Somehow her eyes had been opened, and she began
to understand that He was giving His life willingly for the whole world (John 10:11,14,17,18).
The woman must have spent all that she had to buy that box of ointment. Then she brought
it to the Lord Jesus and broke the box and poured the ointment upon Him (Mark 14:3). She
wanted every single drop to be poured upon Him, so we read in Mark 14 that she “brake the
box”. Nothing could now remain. She poured it all upon His head that His whole body might
be anointed.