Geneva Study Bible Commentary
John 12:5
(1) Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
(1) A horrible example in Judas of a mind blinded with covetousness, and yet pretending godliness.
(1) Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
(1) A horrible example in Judas of a mind blinded with covetousness, and yet pretending godliness.
Verse John 12:5. _THREE HUNDRED PENCE_] Or _denarii_: about 9_£_. 13_s_. 9_d_. of our money; reckoning the denarius at 7 3/4_d_. One of my MSS. of the _Vulgate_ (a MS. of the 14th century) reads, _ccc...
See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 26:3. John 12:2 A SUPPER - At the house of Simon the leper, Matthew 26:6....
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WHY WAS NOT THIS OINTMENT SOLD FOR THREE HUNDRED PENCE? About $45.. penny here is the denarius,. Roman silver coin worth 15 to 17 cents. The wretch, who is just going to sell the only Son of God for 3...
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NOT. Greek. _ou_. App-105. THREE HUNDRED PENCE. about See App-51. POOR. See App-127....
_three hundred pence_ Here, as in John 6:7, the translation -pence" is very inadequate and misleading; -three hundred shillings" would be nearer the mark (see on Mark 6:7). S. Mark adds that some were...
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ΤΡΙΑΚΟΣΊΩΝ ΔΗΝ. Over £20, if we reckon according to the purchasing power of the _denarius_: see on John 6:7. Πτωχοῖς (no article), _to poor people_: comp. διάδος πτωχοῖς (Luke 18:22)....
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ΈΠΡΆΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΠΙΠΡΆΣΚΩ (G4097) продавать, ΔΗΝΆΡΙΟΝ (G1220) динарий. Серебряная римская монета, равная примерно 18 центам. Это была средняя дневная зарплата работника (BAGD). Средний раб...
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THREE HUNDRED PENCE (_denarii_)] about £9....
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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...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
5._Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred denarii? _A pound of ordinary ointment, Pliny tells us, cost not more than ten denarii; but the same Pliny says, that the highest price of the best...
His place (chapter 12) now is with the remnant, where His heart found rest the house of Bethany. We have, in this family, a sample of the true remnant of Israel, three different cases with regard to t...
WHY WAS NOT THIS OINTMENT SOLD FOR THREE HUNDRED PENCE,.... Meaning Roman pence, one of which is, of the value of our money, seven pence halfpenny; so that three hundred pence amount to nine pounds se...
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? Ver. 5. _Sold for three hundred pence_] He, the thief, had quickly computed and cast it up. Pliny tells us that a pound...
_Then took Mary a pound of ointment_, &c. See notes on Matthew 26:6; Mark 14:1. She did what is here related in token of the warm sense she had of the many favours Christ had conferred on her and her...
Christ's feet anointed by Mary. Matthew 26:6-13; MARK 14:3-9....
WHY WAS NOT THIS OINTMENT SOLD FOR THREE HUNDRED PENCE, AND GIVEN TO THE POOR?...
The objection of Judas:...
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1-11 Christ had formerly blamed Martha for being troubled with much serving. But she did not leave off serving, as some, who when found fault with for going too far in one way, peevishly run too far...
SEE POOLE ON "1 THESSALONIANS 12:3...
The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of the Saviour And she had a son, a dealer in unguents, and she gave it to him, saying: See that thou do not sell this jar of unguent of nard, even although three hun...
John 12:5 Why G1302 was G4097 this G5124 oil G3464 not G3756 sold G4097 (G5681) hundred G5145 denarii...
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John 12:5. WHY WAS NOT THIS OINTMENT SOLD FOR THREE HUNDRED PENCE AND GIVEN TO THE POOR? Care for the poor is the mask which the murmuring protest of Judas wears. Thus sin, that it may the better exti...
SOLD (επραθη). First aorist passive indicative of πιπρασκω, old verb to sell (Matthew 13:46).FOR THREE HUNDRED PENCE (τριακοσιων δηναριων). Genitive of price. Same item in Mark 14:5, while in Matt...
John 12:1. _Then Jesus six days before the Passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead._ The days Christ was to spend upon the earth were getting to...
John 12:1. _Then Jesus, six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. There they made him a supper, and Martha served: but Lazarus...
John 12:1. _Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. There they made him a supper;_ It was in the house of Simon t...
CONTENTS: The supper at Bethany. The triumphal entry. Jesus' answer to Greeks. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Lazarus, Mary, Martha, disciples, Judas, Philip, Andrew, Isaiah, Pharisees. CONCLUSION: The most plen...
John 12:1. _Six days before the passover._ The Hebrew sabbath was kept from sunset to sunset. The worship of the day being closed, the jews indulged in a good supper after the light food of the day. T...
THEY PREPARED A DINNER FOR HIM. For notes on this dinner and the anointing, see Matthew 26:6-16. FOR THE DAY OF MY BURIAL. Before the week ended, he would be in the grave. It was the custom to anoint...
_Then Jesus six days before the Passover._ --The following calendar of the Passover week is taken from Lightfoot (2.586): NISAN IX;_ The Sabbath_. Six days before the Passover, Jesus sups with Lazar...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 12:1 When Mary of Bethany anoints Jesus (compare Matthew 26:6; Mark 14:3), it anticipates Jesus’ arrest, cruc
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 12:5 THREE HUNDRED DENARII is the equivalent of about a year’s wages. ⇐ ⇔
A WOMAN ANOINTS JESUS WITH PERFUME MATTHEW 26:6-13; MARK 14:3-9; JOHN 12:1-8; MATTHEW 26:6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Sim
1-50 CHAPTER 12 Ver. 1. _Then Jesus six days before the Passover_, &c. He came from Ephraim, as the Passover was drawing on when He was to die. And He came to Bethany to prepare Himself for it; nay m...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 12:1. See Homiletic Note, p. 341. John 12:2. The Synoptists inform us that it was in the house of Simon the leper (Matthew 26:6;...
EXPOSITION The twelfth chapter neither belongs intrinsically to that which precedes nor to that which follows. It is a paragraph of high significance, as bearing on the construction of the Gospel. It...
Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he had raised from the dead. They made him a supper; and Martha served [typical of Martha]: but Laz...
Amos 8:5; Exodus 5:17; Exodus 5:8; John 6:7; Luke 12:33;...
Three hundred pence [τ ρ ι α κ ο σ ι ω ν δ η ν α ρ ι ω ν]. Or three hundred denarii. On the denarius, see on Matthew 20:2. Mark says more than three hundred pence. Three hundred denarii would be about...
MARY ANOINTING HER LORD John 12:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are now coming to the close of the life of our Master presenting the third of three Bible scenes centering around Martha, Mary, and Lazarus....