en_tn_condensed/mat/26/06.md

Connecting Statement:

This begins the account of a woman pouring expensive oil on Jesus before his death.

Now

This word is used here to mark a break in the main story line. Here Matthew starts to tell a new part of the story.

Simon the leper

It is implied that this is a man whom Jesus had healed from leprosy. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)