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13. εἰς μνημόσυνον qualifies λαληθήσεται (not ἐποίησεν) as a final or consecutive clause. So either (1) ‘to be a record or memorial of her’—something by which she will be remembered. Cp. Hdt. II. 135, τοῦτο ἀναθεῖναι ἐς Δελφοὺς μνημόσυνον ἑωυτῆς. Or (2) with a sacrificial sense, ‘for her memorial offering,’ a meaning which μνημόσυνον bears in the only other passage where (with the exception of the parallel Mar 14:9) the word occurs in N.T., Act 10:4, αἱ προσευχαί σου καὶ αἱ ἐλεημοσύναι σου ἀνέβησαν εἰς μνημόσυνον ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ θεοῦ. In the LXX. μνημόσυνον is used of the portion of the minchah, or flour-offering, which was burnt upon the altar: ἐπιθήσει ὁ ἱερεὺς τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτῆς ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον· θυσία ὀσμὴ εὐωδίας τῷ Κυρίῳ, Lev 2:2. Cp. the expression in Joh 12:3, ἡ δὲ οἰκία ἐπληρώθη ἐκ τῆς ὀσμῆς τοῦ μύρου, where, though the word μνημόσυνον does not occur, ὀσμὴ suggests the odour of sacrificial incense. See Lev 24:7. ‘Thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row that it may be upon the bread for a memorial (ἀνάμνησιν, LXX.), even an offering by fire unto the Lord;’ and Php 4:18. τὰ παρʼ ὑμῶν ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας θυσίαν δεκτήν, ἐυάρεστον τῷ θεῷ.