King James Version
Matthew 26:6 in the King James Version says “Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 26 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,”
Matthew 26:6 · KJV
And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“when Jesus”
G2424jesus (i.e., jehoshua), the name of our lord and two (three) other israelites
“was”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“the house”
G3614properly, residence (abstractly), but usually (concretely) an abode (literally or figuratively); by implication, a family (especially domestics)
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