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Anoint — AQA GCSE Religious Studies A Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE Religious Studies · key term

Anoint

Definition

To apply oil or spices to someone’s body; in Mark 16:1, the women intend to care for Jesus’ body as part of burial customs.

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AQA GCSE Religious Studies A · 8062

Paper 2

Three women—Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome—buy spices after the Sabbath has ended. They intend to anoint Jesus’ body: their purpose is to care for someone who has died, not to meet someone who has risen.
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