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How many days before the Passover did it occur?
Mark: Two days ([xiv, 1–3]).
John: Six days ([xii, 1–3]).
“The prima facie view would certainly be that the anointing at Bethany was placed by Mark two days and by John six days before the Passover.”—Scribner’s Bible Dictionary.
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Who objected to this apparent waste of the ointment?
Matthew: “His disciples” ([xxvi, 8, 9]).
John: “Judas Iscariot” ([xii, 4, 5]).