Matthew 26:12

“For in that she hath poured this ointment, etc.] Which was so very precious, and cost so much, upon my body: for being poured on his head, it ran down all over his body. She did it for my burial; not for the interment of his body, but for the embalming of it, previous to it: the Jews used to embalm their dead, to show their constant respect to the deceased, and their belief of the resurrection; at least not only used to wash them, but anoint them with oil; for so runs one of their canons f1483: “they do all things necessary to the dead, (i.e. on the sabbath day,) ˆyks, “they anoint him”: that is, as Bartenora adds, “with oil”; and they wash him;” but the body of Christ, when dead, was not to…”

“She hath done it for my burial - As it were for the embalming of my body. Indeed this was not her design: but our Lord puts this construction upon it, to confirm thereby what he had before said to his disciples, concerning his approaching death. Matthew 26:13”

“26:12 to prepare my body for burial: It is not clear whether the woman fully understood the significance of her actions. In addition to preparation for burial, the anointing also speaks of Jesus as king (1 Sam 10:1; 2 Kgs 9:6) and priest (Exod 29:7).”

“Ch2 16:14; Mar 14:8, Mar 16:1; Luk 23:56, Luk 24:1; Joh 12:7, Joh 19:39, Joh 19:40 Matthew 26:13”