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Simon and the Woman Who Anointed Jesus’s Feet

… them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee which … ceased to kiss my feet. My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. … wiping them with the hair of her head, kissing them, and anointing them with ointment. This is a very tender, intimate …

The Holy Spirit

… the citations illustrate the Spirit’s influence to create, anoint, and empower. Old Testament Compared with Other … to the Spirit/ rûah falls into roles of creating, anointing, and empowering. Its references to empowerment … Creating, Anointing, and Empowering throughout the Old Testament …

Jesus the Messiah: Prophet, Priest and King

… One of the most important of these titles is Messiah, or Anointed One, usually found in its Greek form, Christ. The … one” and derives from the Hebrew verb mashach, meaning “to anoint.” [1] The word messiah translated into Greek is …

Jesus the Messiah

… One of the most important of these titles is Messiah, or Anointed One, usually found in its Greek form, Christ. The … one” and derives from the Hebrew verb mashach, meaning “to anoint.” [1] The word messiah translated into Greek is …

Wednesday

… the scene to Bethany, where an unnamed woman lovingly anoints Jesus’s head, which Jesus declares, as he did with the anointing of Jesus’s feet by Mary of Bethany (Mark 14:3–9; … her testimony: she understood not only who Jesus was, the anointed king and priest, but also that he had come to die, …

“Who is David?”

… However, it is not clear how well-known David’s private anointing was to the general Israelite populace. What is … with us as we do not always live up to the ideal. The Anointed One We begin with discussing what it means for the …

“Pouring in Oil”: The Development of the Modern Mormon Healing Ritual

… to the clever lawyer, the Christian approach to healing by anointing vacillated greatly. And by the time that Joseph … anointing became the dominant form of healing ritual, with anointings on various afflicted parts of the body as well as … in the Kirtland Temple rituals, he, with others, “anointed, prayed for and laid our hands upon A. Culbertson’s …

Autumn, Olives, and the Atonement

… may hearken unto you. The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, … was used for cooking, lighting, medicine, lubrication, and anointing. Those olives not crushed and pressed were pickled … worship in temples of the Most High, we know to whom those anointings point, to whom the olive oil points, and to whom …

“That I May Dwell among Them”: Liminality and Ritual in the Tabernacle

… manner for the participant. If we consider the holy anointing oil to be representative of God, then the pouring of the life-representing blood onto items already anointed by the anointing oil was suggestive of contact made …

We Believe and Are Sure

… Synoptic accounts verify that Peter knew who Jesus was—the Anointed Servant of God—to which Matthew added the Son of … she hath preserved this ointment until now, that she might anoint me in token of my burial” (John 12:3–7). On a similar …