John 12:5

Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?

In Context

4Then said one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, who was about to deliver him up:

6But he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the purse, and took what was put in it.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:8But when his disciples saw it, they were displeased, and said: For what purpose was this waste?

Mark 14:4And some of them were displeased within themselves, and said: For what purpose was this waste of the ointment?

Luke 12:33Sell what you have, and be charitable. Make for yourselves purses that do not become old, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where no thief comes near, and no moth corrupts.

Matthew Henry on John 12:2-12

Mary Anoints Christ's Feet; Hypocrisy of Judas; Indignation of the Chief Priests. 1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. 3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. 4 Then… Read the whole commentary →

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