Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Mark 14:5
For it might have been sold for more than (a) three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
(a) Which is about six English pounds.
For it might have been sold for more than (a) three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
(a) Which is about six English pounds.
MARK 14:5 evpa,nw {A} It has been argued that evpa,nw is a second-century addition that reflects the depreciation of currency after the time of Nero. If that were the case, however, one would expect...
Verse Mark 14:5. _IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOLD_] το μυρον, _This ointment_, is added by ABCDKL, thirty-five others, _AEthiopic, Armenian, Gothic_, all the _Itala_ except one. _Griesbach_ has received it in...
See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 26:1. Mark 14:1 AND OF UNLEAVENED BREAD - So called because at that feast no other bread was used but that which had been made without leaven or ye...
PART IV. GIVING HIS LIFE A RANSOM FOR -- CHAPTER S 14-15. Chapter 14 _ 1. Seeking by Craft to put Him to Death. (Mark 14:1 .Matthew 26:2; Luke 22:1 .)_ 2. The Anointing. ...
THE ANOINTING OF JESUS. Lk. records a parallel incident (not an alternative version of the same story) earlier in the life of Jesus. Jn. (John 12:1) places the event six days before the Passover. This...
While Jesus was in Bethany, while he was reclining at a table in the house of Simon the leper, there came a woman who had a phial of ointment of pure nard. She broke the phial and poured it over his h...
THE LAST ACT BEGINS (Mark 14:1-2)...
FOR Greek. _gar,_ giving the reason. PENCE. See App-51. MURMURED. deeply moved. Occurs only in Mark 1:43; Matthew 9:30, and John 11:33;...
_for more than three hundred pence_ i. e. for more than 300 denarii, =300 × 7½ _d_. = about £10. To Judas it was intolerable there should be such an utter waste of good money. _they murmured_ This wor...
3–9. THE ANOINTING AT BETHANY Matthew 26:6-13; John 12:1-11...
ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ ΤῸ ΜΎΡΟΝ ([3050][3051][3052][3053][3054][3055]) rather than τοῦτο ([3056][3057][3058]) or τὸ μύρον ([3059]). [3060] has τὸ μύρον τοῦτο. [3050] Codex Alexandrinus. 5th cent. Brought by Cyril Luc...
Ver 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 [p. 275]; and she brake the box, and poured it...
_PREPARATION FOR CHRIST'S DEATH MARK 14:1-11:_ The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses designed a terrible plot to kill Jesus. It was just two days before Passover. The concern of these...
ΉΔΎΝΑΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΔΎΝΑΜΑΙ (G1410) быть способным, с _inf._ ΠΡΑΘΉΝΑΙ _aor. pass. inf. от_ ΠΙΠΡΆΣΚΩ (G4097) продавать, ΕΠΆΝΩ (G1883) над, сверх, больше чем. О ценахнадухи _см._ Mark 1...
13. THE ANOINTING AT BETHANY 14:1-9 _TEXT_ 14:1-9 Now after two days was the feast of the passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him with...
_SUMMARY 14:1-52_ This section exhibits, on the one hand, the evil purpose and wicked plottings of the enemies of Jesus, and on the other, the self-sacrifice with which he prepared himself for the fat...
For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. FOR IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOLD FOR MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED PENCE (BETWEEN N...
23 See 2Pe_3:17. 24-27 Compare Mat_24:29-31; Luk_21:25-27; Rev_6:12-17. Sixth Seal. 26 See Dan_7:13-14; 2Th_1:7-10; Rev_1:7. 28-32 Compare Mat_24:32-36; Luk_21:29-31. 28 The fig tree is political I...
THE LAST SUPPER. ARREST AND TRIAL OF JESUS 1, 2. A council of the Priests against Jesus (Matthew 26:1; Luke 22:1). See on Mt....
THE ANOINTING AT BETHANY (Matthew 26:6; John 12:1). See on Mt and Jn. 10, 11. JUDAS BETRAYS JESUS (Matthew 26:14; Luke 22:3). See on Mt....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 14 AN EXPENSIVE GIFT FOR JESUS VERSES 1-2 The important *priests had decided that...
(3-9) AND BEING IN BETHANY. — See Notes on Matthew 26:6. OINTMENT OF SPIKENARD. — The Greek word so translated is, as the various renderings in the margin show, of doubtful import. It is used by St....
FOR MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED PENCE. — The specific mention of the sum, not given by St. Matthew, is one of the few points common to St. Mark and St. John (John 12:5)....
CHAPTER 14 CHAPTER: 14:1-9 (Mark 14:1) THE CRUSE OF OINTMENT "Now after two days was the feast of the passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might t...
ἐπάνω, etc., for above three hundred pence. The cardinal number is here in the genitive of price after πραθῆναι. In 1 Corinthians 15:6 ἐπάνω is followed by a dative depending on ὤφθη....
_The anointing in Bethany_ (Matthew 26:6-13)....
AN OFFERING OF LOVE Mark 14:1-16 This beautiful incident took place on the Tuesday evening of Passion Week, while the chief priests were gathered in the house of Caiaphas to plot the Lord's death, Ma...
Mary, conscious of the sorrow of death which was in her Lord's soul, poured out the rarest gift she possessed, and so anointed Him beforehand for His burial. Her name is forever redolent of pure devot...
THE SUPPER AT BETHANY Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9; John 12:2-8. _“Then they made for Him a supper there, and Martha served; and Lazarus was one of those sitting along with Him.”_ Matthew and Mark say...
(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_ o...
The transfiguration, as a matter of fact witnessed by the eyes of chosen witnesses, introduces naturally the great change that was about to be effected by the mighty power of God; for that wondrous sc...
_A CAPTIOUS QUESTION_ ‘Why was this waste of the ointment made?’ Mark 14:4 The incident from which our text is taken is distinguished above all others by the fact that Jesus mentions it as one that...
chapter 14 resumes the thread of the history, but with the solemn circumstances that belong to the close of the Lord's life. The scribes and Pharisees were already consulting how they might take Him b...
FOR IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOLD FOR MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED PENCE,.... Which, was to the value of our money nine pounds, seven shillings, and sixpence: AND GIVEN TO THE POOR; which was thought to be a be...
For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. Ver. 5. _Three hundred pence_] That Isa 52:1-15 French pounds and more,...
_After two days was the feast of the passover_ For an explanation of these verses, see the notes on Matthew 26:1. _Of ointment of spike-nard, very precious_ “Either the word πιστικη,” says Dr. Whitby,...
Christ's head anointed. Matthew 26:1-13....
THREE HUNDRED PENCE; in the Greek, three hundred denarii. The denarius is commonly estimated at about fifteen cents. Three hundred denarii, then, would be about forty-five dollars....
The anointing at Bethany:...
FOR IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOLD FOR MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED PENCE AND HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THE POOR. AND THEY MURMURED AGAINST HER. Mark here inserts a story of the Saturday before, when Jesus first came to...
TITLE: Alabaster Box TEXT: Mark 14:1-9 PROPOSITION: Jesus encourages us to break boxes. QUESTION: How? KEY WORD: Responses READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. Background of story - 2 days before Jesus' de...
SEE MATTHEW 18:28...
1-11 Did Christ pour out his soul unto death for us, and shall we think any thing too precious for him? Do we give him the precious ointment of our best affections? Let us love him with all the heart...
SEE POOLE ON "MARK 13:4...
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI we have not only these things, but also that which is recorded about the traitor Judas, who in appearance championed the cause of the poor, and said with indignat...
Mark 14:5 For G1063 it G5124 might G1410 (G5711) sold G4097 (G5683) than G1883 hundred G5145 denari
‘But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, “To what purpose has this waste of the ointment been made. For this ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii...
A WOMAN ANOINTS JESUS WITH PERFUMED OIL (14:3-9). Mark deliberately places this incident between the plotting of the Sanhedrin and the offer of betrayal by Jesus, in order to lay emphasis on the fact...
FROM BETRAYAL TO ARREST (14:1-52). The section now splits up into subsections, the first of which is from Mark 14:1. This subsection covers the period from the stated final intent of the Chief Priest...
THE PLOT AGAINST JESUS AND GOD'S PREPARATION FOR IT IN THE ANOINTING OF JESUS FOR HIS BURIAL (14:1-11). In this passage the leaders of the Jews plot His downfall (Mark 14:1), and in the event get the...
Chronology. See the Chapter Comments on Matthew 26. To the prediction of Matthew 26:1-2, Mark gives no parallel. His account of the anointing at Bethany resembles that of John (John 12:1-8), but he gi...
Mark 14:5. AND THEY MURMURED AGAINST HER. Peculiar to Mark. The original seems to indicate a harsh address to Mary, though there was probably also a general murmur against her....
ABOVE THREE HUNDRED PENCE (επανω δηναριων τριακοσιων). Matthew has "for much" while John 12:5 has "for three hundred pence." The use of "far above" may be a detail from Peter's memory of Judas' obj...
Mark 14:4 Wherever anything of the love of God exists there must be a desire to sacrifice some considerable portion of our worldly goods to Him; and the most ordinary way of doing so is by giving to...
Mark 14:1. _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. But they said, N...
CONTENTS: The plot against Jesus. Jesus annointed by Mary. The last Passover. The Lord's supper instituted. The Gethsemane experience. Peter's denial. Jesus delivered to the authorities. CHARACTERS:...
Mark 14:1. _After two days was the passover,_ when the chief priests and the scribes sought to form their plan, how they might surprise the Saviour and put him to death. Their scheme to do it after th...
_And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper._ WORKING FOR CHRIST The home of Mary and Martha and Lazarus at Bethany, about two miles from Jerusalem across the Mount of Olives, had been the...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 14:3 BETHANY. See note on Matt. 21:17. The sale of such COSTLY oil would have yielded more than 300 days’ wages of a laborer. This story is also reported in...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 14:1 Death and Resurrection in Jerusalem. The final three chapters of Mark tell of the final week of Jesus’ earthly life: his betrayal, arrest, trial, death, and resurrection....
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
_Three hundred pence._ These were equivalent in value to thirty Roman _aurei._ So that for the thirty gold pieces which the miserable Judas accounted as lost in the anointing of Christ, he received th...
CHAPTER 14 1 _A conspiracy against Christ_. 3 _Precious ointment is poured on his head by a woman_. 10 _Judas selleth his Master for money_. 12 _Christ himself foretelleth how he shall be betrayed of...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 14:1. Render: _After two days was the Passover and the Azuma_ (or Leavenless Feast). The Passover was the lamb slain on the 14th Nisan (Exodus 12:6); the Azuma was...
EXPOSITION MARK 14:1 NOW AFTER TWO DAYS WAS THE FEAST OF THE PASSOVER AND THE UNLEAVENED BREAD; literally, _the passover and the unleavened _τό πάσχα καὶ τὰ ἄζυμα. It was one and the same fest...
After two days was the feast of the passover (Mark 14:1), Now, we have followed and traced Jesus in Mark's gospel through Sunday, His triumphant entry. Monday, when He came back to the temple and clea...
1 Corinthians 10:10; Deuteronomy 1:27; Ephesians 4:28; Exodus 16:7;...
Murmured [ε ν ε β ρ ι μ ω ν τ ο]. See on Mark 1:43....