<p>2:14-17 2 Cor. 2:14-17 seems to have a series of allusions back to Mary&rsquo;s anointing of the Lord:</p><div align=center><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=903>    <tbody>        <tr>            <td width=451 valign=top>            <div align=center><b><font size=3>2 Cor. 2</font></b></p>            </td>            <td width=451 valign=top>            <div align=center><b><font size=3>Mary&rsquo;s anointing</font></b></p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td width=451 valign=top>            <p>Maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place (:14)</p>            </td>            <td width=451 valign=top>            <p>The house filled with the smell of Mary&rsquo;s anointment</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td width=451 valign=top>            <p>For we are the smell of Christ (:15) in our witness of Him to the world</p>            </td>            <td width=451 valign=top>            <p>Mary must have had the same smell of the same perfume on her, as was on   Jesus whom she had anointed with it</p>            </td>        </tr>        <tr>            <td width=451 valign=top>            <p>Making merchandise of the word of God (:17 RVmg.)</p>            </td>            <td width=451 valign=top>            <p>As Judas coveting the anointing oil for mercenary gain</p>            </td>        </tr>    </tbody></table></div><p>The simple point of the allusions is that we like Mary are spreading the smell of Christ to the world; she is our pattern for witness.&nbsp;</p>