39+ Alabaster Jar Meaning Background. When mary came to the house of simon the leper, she broke the flask and. It would be a meaningful reminder of one of my favorite stories in scripture—the woman with the alabaster jar
The alabaster jar is a collection of prose and poetry written over the last few years. The woman with the alabaster jar: When mary came to the house of simon the leper, she broke the flask and.
From the arabic al bastraton , a whitish stone or from alabastron , the place in egypt from an unused root (probably meaning to glisten);
But what was the symbolic meaning of the breaking of the alabaster jar? The bible speaks of an alabaster box in two separate incidents involving women who brought ointment in the box to anoint jesus. Jesus was twice mary was no doubt holding that same alabaster jar she used to anoint jesus in the home of simon. I honestly don't know where i would be if i wasn't given this.