Matthew 26:6

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܘܟ݂ܰܕ݂ ܗܘܳܐ ܝܶܫܽܘܥ ܒ݁ܒ݂ܶܝܬ݂‌ܥܰܢܝܳܐ ܒ݁ܒ݂ܰܝܬ݁ܶܗ ܕ݁ܫܶܡܥܽܘܢ ܓ݁ܰܪܒ݁ܳܐ ܀

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in Bethany: Matthew 21:17, Mark 11:12, John 11:1, John 11:2, John 12:1

Simon: Mark 14:3

Reciprocal: Matthew 8:2 - a leper Luke 5:12 - full Luke 7:36 - one John 12:2 - Martha John 12:3 - took

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now when Jesus was in Bethany,.... Which was about fifteen furlongs from Jerusalem, John 11:18, or about two miles from it. The time of Christ's death being at hand, he keeps nigh to Jerusalem, where he was to suffer and die, in the room and stead of sinners:

in the house of Simon the leper; so called, to distinguish him from others of the name. This epithet was either a family one, some person of note in it having been a leper; or else he is so named, because he himself had been one, but was now cured; though the reason interpreters give for this, that otherwise he would not have been suffered to live in a town, is not a good one; for lepers, according to the Jewish b canons, were only forbid Jerusalem, and towns and cities that were walled round, and not others, such as the village of Bethany. There were many lepers healed by Christ, which, among other things, was an evidence of his being the Messiah, and a proof of his deity, and this Simon was one of them; whether the same mention is made of in Matthew 8:1, is not certain, nor very probable; since that man lived in Galilee, at, or near Capernaum; this at Bethany, near Jerusalem: however, he was one of those lepers that had a sense of his mercy, and was grateful for it, as appears by his entertaining Christ at his house; and may teach us thankfulness to Christ, who has healed all our diseases; and particularly, the spreading leprosy of sin, with which all the powers and faculties of our souls were infected; and which was not in our own power, or any creature's, to cure, but his blood cleanses from it: and it may be observed, that Christ goes in and dwells with such whom he heals, and with such he is always welcome.

b Misn. Celim, c. 1. sect. 7. Maimon. Beth Hamikdash, c. 3. sect. 8.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 26:6. In Bethany — For a solution of the difficulties in this verse, about the time of the anointing, see the observations at the end of this chapter.

Simon the LEPER] This was probably no more than a surname, as Simon the CANAANITE, Matthew 10:4, and Barsabas JUSTUS, Acts 1:23, and several others. Yet it might have been some person that Christ had healed of this disease. See Matthew 11:5.