King James Version
Matthew 26:12 in the King James Version says “For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 26 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.”
Matthew 26:12 · KJV
When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“For in that”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“on”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
“body”
G4983the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively
“it for”
G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,
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