Webthere in bethany, not long before our savior went to the cross, one of the most familiar episodes in the gospels occurred when jesus was anointed with perfume. Webwhen a woman poured an entire flask of expensive perfume on jesus, people were disgusted by what seemed like a waste. But jesus reacted in a different way. Here a dinner was given in. Webjesus went to jerusalem for the last time before the triumphal entry (as depicted in john). Two days before passover, jesus was anointed in bethany (per the.