John Trapp on Matthew 26:7

Verse 7. An Alabaster box of very precious, &c.] Pliny telleth us, That they were wont to keep the most costly [illegible: 1 word] in boxes of Alabaster. And [illegible: 1 word] reckoneth [non-Latin text not transcribed],In [illegible: 1 word]. an Alabaster box of ointment, among the [illegible: 1 word] things, that [illegible: 1 word] the Persian sent for a present to the King of [illegible: 1 word]. Mary thought nothing too costly for Christ. See the Notes on Ioh. 12. 3.