John 12:4

But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot (who was to give him up), said,

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him,

In Context

3Then Mary, taking a pound of perfumed oil of great value, put it on the feet of Jesus and made them dry with her hair: and the house became full of the smell of the perfume.

5Why was not this perfume traded for three hundred pence, and the money given to the poor?

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Cross References

1 Samuel 17:28And Eliab, his oldest brother, hearing what David said to the men, was moved to wrath against David, and said, Why have you come here? Into whose care have you given that little flock of sheep in the waste land? I have knowledge of your pride and the evil of your heart, you have come down to see the fight.

Matthew 10:4Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who was false to him.

John 6:70Then Jesus said, Did I not make a selection of you, the twelve, and one of you is a son of the Evil One?

John 13:26This was the answer Jesus gave: It is the one to whom I will give this bit of bread after I have put it in the vessel. Then he took the bit of bread, put it into the vessel, and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.

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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