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The event (or events – see discussion below) is reported in Matthew 26, Mark 14, Luke 7, and John 12. [2] Matthew and Mark are very similar: Matthew 26:6–13. While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.
Many paintings show Mary washing, or just having washed, Jesus's feet, recalling the story in John 12.1–8 (which seems to be about Mary of Bethany). Via the story in Luke 7.36–50 (about an unnamed 'sinful woman'), however, Mary of Bethany was often conflated with Mary Magdalene, and this too may be reflected in art. [26]
Mary Magdalene Washing The Feet Of Christ, by Henry Ossawa Tanner Licensing This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art.
Foot washing is also a Christian symbol of humility and the nearness of death, and "the dignity with which Diana's companion performs her service recalls mary Magdalene washing Christ's feet with her tears", according to Wheelock (Christ also kneeled before his disciples and washed their feet at the Last Supper). [10]
R. Hepburn posits that while Matthew 28:9 records Mary Magdalene and the other Mary taking hold of Jesus’ feet and worshiping Him after His resurrection, the encounter recorded in John 20:17 is a different (likely earlier) encounter when Mary Magdalene is alone with the risen Christ.
The film tells the life of Jesus Christ in 25 tableaux based on the canonical gospels: 1. Arrival in Bethlehem 2. Nativity and arrival of the Magi 3. The sleep of Jesus 4. The Samaritan 5. The miracle of Jairus's daughter 6. Mary Magdalene washes the feet of Jesus 7. Palm Sunday 8. The last supper 9. The olive garden 10. The night watch 11 ...
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The Penitent Magdalene is a painting of saint Mary Magdalene by Titian dating to around 1531, ... (referring to her washing Jesus' feet and drying them with her hair) ...