John 12:6 BSB — MannaFest

John 12:6

Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.

BSB

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ASV

Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein.

KJV

This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On the Duties of the Clergy 1.16.64 (397)

[Judas] was chosen among the twelve apostles and had charge of the money bag, to distribute it among the poor, so that it might not seem as though he had betrayed the Lord because he was not honored or in want. And so, the Lord granted him this office so that he might also be shown to be just in his dealings with him. Judas would be guilty of a greater fault, not as one driven to it by a wrong done to him but as one misusing grace.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Not that He cared for the poor - There should be a particular emphasis laid on the word he, as the evangelist studies to show the most determined detestation to his conduct. And bare what was put therein - Or rather, as some eminent critics contend, And stole what was put in it. This seems the proper meaning of εβαϚαζεν; and in this sense it is used, Joh 20:15: If thou hast Stolen him away - ει συ εβαϚασας αυτον. In the same sense the word is used by Josephus, Ant. b. xii. c.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

The chapter we have now begun finishes a most important division of John's Gospel. Our Lord's public addresses to the unbelieving Jews of Jerusalem are here brought to an end. After this chapter, John records nothing but what was said in private to the disciples. We see, for one thing, in this passage, what abounding proofs exist of the truth of our Lord's greatest miracles. We read of a supper at Bethany, where Lazarus "sat at the table" among the guests—Lazarus, who had been publicly raised from the dead, after lying four days in the grave.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἶπεν	eipen	He said	G2036 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
τοῦτο	touto	this	G3778 →
οὐχ	ouch	not	G3756 →
ὅτι	hoti	because	G3754 →
περὶ	peri	for	G4012 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
πτωχῶν	ptōchōn	poor	G4434 →
ἔμελεν	emelen	he was caring	G3199 →
αὐτῷ,	autō	to him,	G846 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	but	G235 →
ὅτι	hoti	because	G3754 →
κλέπτης	kleptēs	a thief	G2812 →
ἦν	ēn	he was	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
γλωσσόκομον	glōssokomon	money bag	G1101 →
ἔχων	echōn	having	G2192 →
τὰ	ta	that	G3588 →
βαλλόμενα	ballomena	being put into [it]	G906 →
ἐβάσταζεν.¶	ebastazen	he was pilfering.	G941 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
James 2:6
But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
leads to
- Proverbs 17:5
  He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
- Proverbs 14:31
  Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
- 1 Corinthians 11:22
  Don’t you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Shall I…
- Psalms 14:6
  You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
- Ecclesiastes 5:8
  If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and…
Through
James 2:2
Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in.
leads to
- Esther 3:10
  So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
- Luke 15:22
  But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
Through
John 13:29
Since Judas kept the money bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.
leads to
- Acts 20:34–35
  You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About John