Many were impressed by that view, and lost courage: The Prophet means well, they reflected, but nothing is to be gained by adopting His methods.
Then it became known that Jesus had allowed Himself to be anointed.

To allow Himself to be anointed meant that He regarded Himself as the Heaven-sent Messiah! And that was hostile to the existing order of things, to the king.

So said the preachers in the synagogues, the houses, and the streets, but they were silent over the fact that the anointing was the work of a poor woman who desired to heal His sore feet.

In fact, the preachers cared nothing for the people or the king but only for the letter of the law.
When the woman who had anointed His feet saw that He was despised because of her, she went silently apart by herself.

No human being cared so much for Him, and none left Him so calmly.