John 12:5

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

Thomas Haweis 1795 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 preparing to betray him,

6Now he said this, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and kept the purse, and carried the money put therein.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:8But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, For what end is this waste?

Mark 14:4And there were some who felt indignation within themselves, saying, Wherefore is this waste of the ointment made?

Luke 12:33Sell all your possessions, and give in charity; make yourselves purses that wax not old, a treasure never failing in the heavens, where no thief approaches, nor doth the moth destroy.

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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