She did what she could.

Her name and her backstory are lost.

There’s speculation, of course. There is always speculation about the things we don’t know from things we read in the Bible.

What we know is that people who were threatened by what Jesus was saying and doing were trying to stop him. The religious leaders were trying to kill him, but without causing a riot.

On one particular day, three miles from Jerusalem, Jesus was at supper. A woman poured expensive perfume on his head. People complained to eac...