John 12:3
Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard very costly,.... Worth three hundred pence, according to Judas's estimation of it. This Mary was the other sister of Lazarus; See Gill on "Matthew 26:7",
See Gill on "Mark 14:3", concerning the nature and value of this ointment:
and anointed the feet of Jesus; as he lay upon the bed or couch, at supper:
and wiped his feet with her hair; See Gill on "Luke 7:38".
and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment; see Song of Solomon 1:3; ointment of spikenard was very odoriferous: this may be an emblem of the sweet savour of Christ, in the ministration of the Gospel, throughout the whole world.