The life of our Saviour Jesus Christ - three hundred and sixty-five compositions from the four Gospels (1899) (14787321763)

Identifier: lifeofoursaviour03tiss (find matches)
Title: The life of our Saviour Jesus Christ : three hundred and sixty-five compositions from the four Gospels
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Tissot, James Jacques Joseph, 1836-1902 D'Anvers, N., d. 1933
Subjects: Jesus Christ Jesus Christ
Publisher: Toronto : G.N. Morang & Co.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto



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world, t6ere shall also this,that this woman hath done, be told fora memorial of her. /// coiiiiecHoii ivif/iour account of tJic iim r-riagc at Caiia ive havealready described howthe rooms used at fes-tivals were arrangedin Palestine. The loictable ivas generally 0/a horse-shoe shape,andthe guests reclined onthe outer side of thecircle, leaning on theleft arm, so as to havethe right arm free.The xoomen did not eatwith the men, but ge-nerally remained in anad joining room or in ak ind of extension of thearcades of the dininghall itself, separatedfrom the men by atrellis-workpartition.They could thus see allthat was going on andif necessary give anopportune zcord ofadvice, as Mary themother offesus did atCana. With a room thusarranged, andbearingin mind the ready hos-pitality of Orientalhouses, Mary Magda-lene could quite easily slip in unperceived behind the guests. Draped in her garments ofpenitence, which attracted no attention, she was able to pass like a shadow behind fesus, break
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The Jev^s conspire 54 HOLY WEEK open the flask of perfumed ointment she had brought icith her, zvhich ivas no bigger than afig,and pour a little of its contents on the head of her Master. Then, laieeling down,she spreadthe rest over His sacred feet,ivhich she was able to reachicithout difficulty as theyrested on the couch. Heranointing finished, she pro-ceeded to wipe azuay the sur-plus ointment with her longhair, andthe house was filledwith the penetrating andmedicinal odour of thespikenard, which was thenmuch used in religiousworship and at funerals.Her act of pious homageduly performed, MaryMagdalene zvas for stealingijuielly away, but the scent ofthe ointment betrayed her Transept of the Ei-Aksa Mosque. j.-j.t. and gave rise to the disparaging remarks and murmurs against her of the guests, especiallyoffudas. This incident, in fact, seems to have given the final blow to the wavering fidelity ofthat disciple. He began boasting, talking about the necessity of economy and pretending t