Mark 14:5 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 14:5

It could have been sold for over three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor.” And they scolded her.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For this ointment might have been sold for above three hundred shillings, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

KJV

For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

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Commentary

4 voices

Origen of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 11.9 (253)

The traitor Judas, who in appearance championed the cause of the poor, said with indignation, "This ointment might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and the money given to the poor." But in reality he "was a thief, and as he had the money box he used to take what was put into it." If, then, any one in our time who has the money box of the church speaks like Judas as if speaking for the poor, but steals what is placed there, let there be assigned to him the same portion along with Judas.

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The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

It might have been sold - το μυρον, This ointment, is added by ABCDKL, thirty-five others, Ethiopic, Armenian, Gothic, all the Itala except one. Griesbach has received it into the text. The sum mentioned here would amount to nearly 10£ sterling.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

This chapter begins that part of Mark's Gospel, which describes our Lord's sufferings and death. Hitherto we have chiefly seen our Savior as our prophet and teacher. We have now to see Him as our High Priest. Hitherto we have had to consider His miracles and sayings. We have now to consider His vicarious sacrifice on the cross. Let us first observe in these verses, how God can disappoint the designs of wicked men, and over-rule them to His own glory .

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

And they murmured against her--"This he said," remarks John (Joh 12:6), and the remark is of exceeding importance, "not that he cared for the poor but because he was a thief, and had the bag"--the scrip or treasure chest--"and bare what was put therein"--not "bare it off" by theft, as some understand it.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἠδύνατο	ēdunato	Was possible	G1410 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
τοῦτο	touto	this	G3778 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
μύρον	muron	fragrant oil	G3464 →
πραθῆναι	prathēnai	to have been sold [for]	G4097 →
ἐπάνω	epanō	above	G1883 →
δηναρίων	dēnariōn	denarii	G1220 →
τριακοσίων	triakosiōn	three hundred	G5145 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
δοθῆναι	dothēnai	to have been given	G1325 →
τοῖς	tois	to the	G3588 →
πτωχοῖς·	ptōchois	poor;	G4434 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐνεβριμῶντο	enebrimōnto	they were grumbling	G1690 →
αὐτῇ.	autēa	at her.	G846 →

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
John 6:43
“Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus replied.
leads to
- Hebrews 4:13
  Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
Through
Matthew 18:28
But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’
leads to
- Matthew 20:2
  He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
- Ezekiel 45:9
  For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’
- Deuteronomy 15:2
  This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release…
Through
Matthew 20:11
On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.
leads to
- Luke 19:7
  And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16
  hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
Through
John 6:7
Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”
leads to
- Numbers 11:21–22
  But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’
- Mark 6:37
  But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?”

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Where the connections lead

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06About Mark

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Mark