Mark 14:4

And there were certain of the disciples, who were dissatisfied among themselves, and said: Why was this waste of the ointment?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

In Context

3And when he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he reclined, a woman came having an alabaster box of precious ointment of spikenard, of great price; and she opened and poured upon the head of Jesus.

5For it might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and been given to the poor. And they were indignant at her.

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Cross References

John 12:4Then said Judas Iscariot, one of the disciples, he that was about to betray him:

Matthew Henry on Mark 14:2-12

Christ Anointed at Bethany; Judas Engages to Betray Christ. 1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. 2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people. 3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.… Read the whole commentary →

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