John 12:3 Mary then took a pound of very costly perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
I understand the significance of Mary letting her hair down – Jewish women seldom ever did this. What I don’t get is why she used her hair to wipe his feet. Hair is not absorbent nor is it useful for wiping anything.
Why wouldn’t she use her dress or scarf?
QUESTION: Why hair and not the cloth of her dress, even her forearm would have been more useful for this task if a towel was not available.
Anonymous
We need to be careful right now about our discussion. Reason: Millions of souls hang in the balance of what “OBVIOUSLY” Jesus Messiah is doing (invisibly) in the hearts of the young and the old. This is serious Kingdom Work being done by the King of the Universe and the Owner of Planet Earth. Please, hold your thoughts in your head. A fool speaks all of this thoughts, but a wise man can keep a secret.
Anonymous
History lessen for my “Pentecostal” friends. Henry Clay Morrison became President of Asbury University in 1910. He had long been the editor of the PENTECOSTAL HERALD. He was a serious holiness preacher who expected that there was more for the believer than repentance and baptism. He wrote a book titles “Pentecost” in 1900. His influence on other Methodists (most notably Charles Fox Parham and Parham’s pastor Werner Renick Davis) is undeniable. From this would come Parham’s Apostolic Faith Movement and the subsequent Pentecostal Movement. There is no doubt he would be pleased with the developments at Asbury of the last few weeks.