Luke: In Galilee before he went to Jerusalem.
Not only are these writers at variance with each other as to the time and place of utterance, but the lamentation itself, which declares that he had made repeated efforts to convert Jerusalem, is at variance with both of them. For according to Matthew he had just arrived on his first visit to Jerusalem, while according to Luke he had never yet, during his ministry, visited Jerusalem.
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Who anointed Jesus?
Matthew and Mark: “A woman” ([Matt. xxvi, 7]; [Mark xiv, 3]).
Luke: “A sinful woman” ([vii, 37]).
John: Mary, the sister of Lazarus ([xii, 3]).
Luke’s “sinful woman” is recognized as Mary Magdalene. Farrar says: “In the popular consciousness she will till the end of time be identified with the Magdalene.” Matthew and Mark’s “woman” may be harmonized with either Mary Magdalene or Mary the sister of Lazarus; but Luke and John are irreconcilable.