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Chapter 42:  Mary Magdalene: The Anointing Of Jesus

We next see Mary Magdalene in the scriptures anointing Jesus in preparation for his burial. Mary was probably the only one at that time who understood that Jesus would die and rise from the dead

The perfume she used was worth a normal years wages in Judea at the time. Today in America that would be the equivalent of thirty or forty thousand dollars.

John 12:1-2 Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived at Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead Here a dinner was given in Jesus' honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him.

Martha was serving again, doing all of the work by herself, while her brother Lazarus was relaxing, and Mary was concerned with spiritual things.

John 12:3-6 Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus' feet and wiped his feet with her hair.  And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, "Why wasn't this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year's wages." He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it.

Judas objected to what Mary had done, not because he was concerned for the poor, but because he loved money, and was a thief. He later betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver.

John 12:7 "Leave her alone," Jesus replied. "It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial.

It was by the plan of God that Mary had done this. The perfume she used was very valuable and was probably old and quite rare.

Mark 14:6-9 "Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me. She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her."

Jesus made a prophecy here that wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what Mary had done would be told, in memory of her. We have just fulfilled this prophecy by reading those words.

The gospel of Luke also records this incident and includes more details and a parable of Jesus at the end.

Luke 7:36-38 Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went to the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table.  When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume, and as she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.

Mary, after she had anointed Jesus with the perfume on his head, then wept and wiped his feet with he hair, and poured perfume on his feet also. Mary had much spiritual wisdom, she understood from the teaching of Jesus, that he was about to die, and prepared him for burial.

Luke 7:39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is--that she is a sinner."

The old Pharisees, just like the modern day Pharisees, always think that they are better than everyone else. Jesus could read this mans thoughts, he new what Simon was thinking. Jesus then told him a parable to help him understand how God views things.

Luke 7:40-43 Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to tell you." "Tell me, teacher," he said. "Two men owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.  Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he canceled the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?" Simon replied, "I suppose the one who had the bigger debt canceled." "You have judged correctly," Jesus said.

Jesus was here comparing God to a moneylender, who forgave two men their debts that they owed him. One man owed him much money, the other man only a little. This illustration shows that God is willing to forgive all people for their sins, whether their sins are few or many.

Luke 7:44-50 Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven--for she loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little." Then Jesus said to her, "Your sins are forgiven." The other guests began to say among themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?" Jesus said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace."

The amount of a persons sins are no problem to God he can and will forgive them all, provided we love him, and have faith in Jesus Christ.

John 12:9-11 " Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews found out that Jesus was there and came, not only because of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well, for on account of him many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and putting their faith in him.

The chief priests, even after all of the miracles that Jesus performed, including raising the dead, still did not believe, and now they wanted to kill Lazarus also, the man raised from the dead. Though they knew the scriptures and were eyewitnesses of the miracles of Jesus, they rejected the truth for the love of money and positions of political and religious power.

 The Betrayal

Six days before the Passover, Mary had anointed Jesus in preparation for his burial. It was now the day before the Passover and Christ celebrated it with his disciples for the last time.

Mark 14:10-11 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them. They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over.

Judas was still irate because of the lost opportunity to steal the money from the perfume had it been sold and the proceeds given to him, the keeper of the money bag. Judas was a follower of Jesus because he had hoped that Jesus would become an earthly king, and make him (Judas) rich and powerful. When he realized that Jesus was not concerned with an earthly kingdom, but a spiritual one, Judas became disenchanted, and decided to make whatever money he could from the chief priests, by betraying Jesus.

John 13:1-3  It was just before the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father.  Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love. The evening meal was being served, and the devil had already prompted Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God;

Following the meal, Christ went with his disciples to the garden of Gethsemane and prayed, after which he was betrayed by Judas and turned over to the chief priests, who brought him before Pilate. It was now early in the morning on the day that the Passover would begin, the fourteenth day of the Jewish month of Nisan. The Jewish days began at sunset, and this is when the Passover would begin.

The Trial

John 18:28-31 Then the Jews led Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness the Jews did not enter the palace; they wanted to be able to eat the Passover. So Pilate came out to them and asked, "What charges are you bringing against this man?" "If he were not a criminal," they replied, "we would not have handed him over to you." Pilate said, "Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law." "But we have no right to execute anyone," the Jews objected.

Pilate then questioned Jesus but could find nothing in what he said to cause him to be deserving of death.  He then brought Christ back out before the Jews.

John 19:4-12 Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews, "Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him." When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, "Here is the man!" As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, "Crucify! Crucify!" But Pilate answered, "You take him and crucify him.  As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him." The Jews insisted, "We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God." When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid, and he went back inside the palace. "Where do you come from?" he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer. "Do you refuse to speak to me?" Pilate said. "Don't you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?" Jesus answered, "You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin." From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jews kept shouting, "If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar."

The Jews intimidated Pilate with the threat of reporting him to Caesar as being a traitor to the Roman realm if he did not permit the crucifixion of Christ to take place.

John 19:13-15 When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge's seat at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic is Gabbatha). It was the day of Preparation of Passover Week, about the sixth hour. "Here is your king," Pilate said to the Jews. But they shouted, "Take him away! Take him away!  Crucify him!" "Shall I crucify your king?" Pilate asked. "We have no king but Caesar," the chief priests answered.

The chief priests demanded the death of Christ and proclaimed that they had no king but Caesar. They later suffered for this saying when the Roman emperor destroyed Jerusalem an leveled their temple. They wanted Caesar to be their king and God granted them their wish.

The gospel of Matthew adds some more details to this scene. We will look at these and then pick up where we left off with John’s gospel.

Matthew 27:22-25 "What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called Christ?" Pilate asked. They all answered, "Crucify him!" "Why? What crime has he committed?" asked Pilate. But they shouted all the louder, "Crucify him!" When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. "I am innocent of this man's blood," he said. "It is your responsibility!" All the people answered, "Let his blood be on us and on our children!"

Pilate washed his hands in front of the Jews to symbolize that he could find no guilt in Christ. Pilate was afraid that the mob scene would become a riot and he would then have to answer to Caesar for not being able keep the peace in Judea, his area of responsibility.

The Jews then made the prophetic statement, "let his blood be upon us and upon our children," and it has been, for almost 2000 years. About 2000 years from the day that the Jews said "let his blood be upon us and upon our children," they will be saying the exact opposite. They will be begging God to send Jesus Christ back to rescue them from Antichrist, and God will send Jesus back to them and save them, and make them the most powerful nation on the face of the Earth, for 1000 years.

The Crucifixion

John 19:16 Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. So the soldiers took charge of Jesus.

Mark 15:17-25 They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him. And they began to call out to him, "Hail, king of the Jews!" Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him. And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.  A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross. They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull). Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. And they crucified him.  Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get.

John 19:23-24 When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. "Let's not tear it," they said to one another.  "Let's decide by lot who will get it." This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled which said, "They divided my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing." So this is what the soldiers did.


Mark 15:26 It was the third hour when they crucified him. The written notice of the charge against him read: THE KING OF THE JEWS.

John 19:19-22 Pilate had a notice prepared and fastened to the cross.  It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. Many of the Jews read this sign, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the sign was written in Aramaic, Latin and Greek.  The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, "Do not write 'The King of the Jews,' but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews." Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written."

Mark 15:27-32  They crucified two robbers with him, one on his right and one on his left. Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, "So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, come down from the cross and save yourself!" In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. "He saved others," they said, "but he can't save himself! Let this Christ, this King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.


All of the Old Testament prophecies pertaining to the first coming of Christ were fulfilled by Christ during the 3 1/2 years of his ministry, and during the time of his suffering, death, burial, and resurrection.

John 19:25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

We next see Mary Magdalene standing near the cross where Jesus was dying.

John 19:26-27 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Dear woman, here is your son," and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.

Jesus then entrusted the care of his mother to the disciple John, the author of five books of the bible, including Revelation.

John 19:28-30 Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I am thirsty." A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus' lips. When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

Mark 15:37-39  With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, heard his cry and saw how he died, he said, "Surely this man was the Son of God!"

Mark 15:40-41 Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome. In Galilee these women had followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were also there.

John 19:31 Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jews did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down.


Christ was crucified about 9:00 am on the day before the passover sabbath, which would begin at sundown that same day. The jews wanted those who were crucified that day to have their legs broken, so they would suffocate and die and could be buried before the passover began.

John 19:32-37 The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.  The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: "Not one of his bones will be broken," and, as another scripture says, "They will look on the one they have pierced."

Jesus, by his death, and the manner of his death fulfilled all of the old testament prophecies concerning the first coming of the Messiah. The reason the Jews did not accept Jesus as being the Christ, is because he did not usher in the millennium. They did not understand from the scriptures that 2000 years were to separate the two events.

The Burial

John 19:41-42  At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

Mark 15:43 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body.

Matthew 27:57-58 As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus' body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

John 19:39-40 With Pilate's permission, he came and took the body away. He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds. Taking Jesus' body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.

Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus, took charge of the burial of Christ. Joseph of Arimathea was a rich man who sought for the truth and found it, and Nicodemus was Pharisee who was searching for the truth and found it.

Mark 15:46-47 Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.

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CHAPTER 12: THE ATTACK FROM THE NORTH
CHAPTER 13: THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD
CHAPTER 14: THE ARK OF THE COVENANT
CHAPTER 15: THE ANTICHRIST
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CHAPTER 17: THE KINGDOM OF ANTICHRIST
CHAPTER 18: THE RESURRECTION OF ANTICHRIST
CHAPTER 19: THE FINAL DESTINY OF ANTICHRIST
CHAPTER 20: THE FALSE PROPHET
CHAPTER 21: THE MARK OF THE BEAST
CHAPTER 22: CAESAR, TAXES AND TITHES
CHAPTER 23: THE TWO WITNESSES
CHAPTER 24: ISRAEL AND THE DRAGON
CHAPTER 25: THE ORIGIN OF THE PROBLEMS IN GAZA                               
CHAPTER 26: JERUSALEM
CHAPTER 27: THE RESTORATION OF SODOM
CHAPTER 28: THE JUDGMENT OF AMERICA
CHAPTER 29: GOD'S WEAPONS
CHAPTER 30: THE VISION OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
CHAPTER 31: THE TRUMPET JUDGMENTS
CHAPTER 32: THE SEVENTH TRUMPET
CHAPTER 33: THE FEASTS OF THE LORD
CHAPTER 34: THE FEAST OF THE TRUMPETS
CHAPTER 35: WHEN WILL THE 1ST RESURRECTION TAKE PLACE?                      
CHAPTER 36: THE SABBATH (7TH) YEAR FIRST RESURRECTION
CHAPTER 37: THE MYSTERY OF THE SECOND BEAST
CHAPTER 38: THE TWO BEASTS
CHAPTER 39: THE MYSTERY OF INIQUITY
CHAPTER 40: THE ORIGIN OF DEMONS AND EVIL SPIRITS
CHAPTER 41: MARY MAGDALENE: THE LADY DISCIPLE
CHAPTER 42: MARY MAGDALENE: THE ANOINTING OF JESUS
CHAPTER 43: MARY MAGDALENE: THE RESURRECTION WITNESS                                                   
CHAPTER 44: JESUS APPEARS TO THE DISCIPLES
CHAPTER 45: THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FALSE CHURCH
CHAPTER 46: THE WRATH OF GOD
CHAPTER 47: THE DAY OF THE LORD
CHAPTER 48: THE FEAST OF THE TABERNACLES
CHAPTER 49: THE FINAL REBELLION AND THE LAST JUDGMENT
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