Christ the Fulfillment
Unit 3: Testimonies to Jesus as Messiah
(Lessons 10–13)
Anointed in Bethany
February 28
Lesson 13
DEVOTIONAL READING: Deuteronomy 15:7–11
BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Matthew 26:3–16; John 12:1–8
PRINTED TEXT: Matthew 26:3–16
Matthew 26:3–16
3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
7 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.
8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.
13 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.
14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
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GOLDEN TEXT: 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.—Matthew 26:13.
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Lesson Aims
After participating in this lesson, each student will be able to:
1. Summarize Jesus’ anointing at Bethany.
2. Note the various attitudes toward Jesus represented in the people in today’s text and compare them with the attitudes commonly held toward Jesus today.
3. Make a plan to “break the perfume jar” once for Jesus in the year ahead.
How to Say It
ALABASTER. al-uh-bas-ter(strong accent on al).
ARIMATHEA. Air-uh-muh-thee-uh (th as in thin; strong accent on thee).
BETHANY. Beth-uh-nee.
CAIAPHAS. Kay-uh-fus or Kye-uh-fus.
JERUSALEM. Juh-roo-suh-lem.
JUDAS ISCARIOT. Joo-dus Iss-care-ee-ut.
LAZARUS. Laz-uh-rus.
MOSAIC. Mo-zay-ik.
SANHEDRIN. San-huh-drun or San-heed-run.
ZECHARIAH. Zek-uh-rye-uh(strong accent on rye).
Home Daily Bible Readings
Monday, Feb. 22—Give Liberally (Deuteronomy 15:7–11)
Tuesday, Feb. 23—Women Devoted to Prayer (Acts 1:12–14)
Wednesday, Feb. 24—Women Facing Persecution (Acts 8:1–3; 9:1, 2)
Thursday, Feb. 25—Women Believers Baptized (Acts 8:4–13)
Friday, Feb. 26—Leading Women Accept Christ (Acts 17:1–4)
Saturday, Feb. 27—A Hospitable Woman (Acts 16:11–15)
Sunday, Feb. 28—A Good Service for Jesus (Matthew 26:3–16)
Lesson Outline
INTRODUCTION
A. Moderation or Extremism?
B. Lesson Background
I. PLOT AGAINST JESUS (MATTHEW 26:3–5)
A. Plotters’ Purpose (vv. 3, 4)
B. Plotters’ Problem (v. 5)
II. ANOINTING OF JESUS (MATTHEW 26:6–13)
A. Woman’s Extravagant Action (vv. 6, 7)
B. Disciples’ Incensed Reaction (vv. 8, 9)
C. Jesus’ Profound Response (vv. 10–13)
Of Short and Long Views
III. BETRAYAL BY JUDAS (MATTHEW 26:14–16)
A. Meeting of the Minds (vv. 14, 15a)
B. Price of Treason (v. 15b)
C. Plan in Motion (v. 16)
An Infamous Name
CONCLUSION
A. Extravagant Devotion
B. Prayer
C. Thought to Remember
Nickelson, Ronald L., and Jonathan Underwood, eds. The KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2009–2010. Cincinnati, OH: Standard Publishing, 2009. Print.
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